The only way to be a novelist, to think that you can create something others will give themselves up to for a dozen hours or more, is to have psychotic self-belief. Nicola Griffith beliefcreatedozen Change image and share on social
I want to write about grown-up things. Nicola Griffith growthingwrite Change image and share on social
Everyone has this notion of the Middle Ages - certainly the early Middle Ages - as being this very superstitious era. I think that all eras are superstitious. We all have our magical thinking. Nicola Griffith ageearlyera Change image and share on social
If you have the language gift, you can use it as a tool. Nicola Griffith giftlanguagetool Change image and share on social
There are days when I should be writing, and I am so tired that I can't. And the fatigue also affects my emotions, making me not even care about writing. There are days when I wake up so angry I can barely speak, and also days when I am so sad. Nicola Griffith affectangrybarely share on social
I'm tired of being considered a lesbian writer, tired of being a science-fiction writer, tired of being a thriller writer. I'm a writer. Period. Story matters to me. Nicola Griffith considerfictionlesbian Change image and share on social
I'm not sure many writers are trying to reconcile all the things that are separated in our culture - body and mind, urban and pastoral, lyricism and hardboiled, men and women, joy and grief. I tried to do quite a lot, but I wanted to create a serious work of literature. Nicola Griffith bodycreateculture share on social
Setting is my primary joy as a writer, building a world and watching people respond to it. Nicola Griffith buildjoypeople Change image and share on social
My first website went up in 1995. On it I ran a feature called Ask Nicola. Readers would email me questions, I'd answer whichever took my fancy. Nicola Griffith answercallemail Change image and share on social
