Sometimes I regret that the wonderful children's stories that have been made into movies were - people no longer read 'The Wizard of Oz'; they think they know the story. They don't know anything about all the bits and pieces they had to leave out. Robin Hobb bitchildleave share on social
The challenge is always to find the good place to end the book. The rule I follow with myself is that every book should end where the next book would logically begin. I know that some readers wish that literally all of the threads would be neatly tied off and snipped, but life just doesn't work that way. Robin Hobb beginbookchallenge share on social
I think when writers play with dragons, we are simply doing what fantasy writers have always done. Robin Hobb dragonfantasyplay Change image and share on social
I think there have always been male writers, female writers. As a reader, I never picked up a book and said, 'Oh, I can't read this - it's about a male,' and set it back down. Robin Hobb backbookfemale Change image and share on social
Writing and reading fiction is, I think, a human effort to make sense of the world. Robin Hobb effortfictionhuman Change image and share on social
Not intending to be funny: I sit at the keyboard, put my fingers on the keys and go. To me, it's the real secret of writing. Put yourself in front of the screen or the blank sheet of paper and get to work. Robin Hobb blankfingerfront share on social
I know some people see it as this success when the book is finally made into a movie - that marks its success. I don't see it that way. Robin Hobb bookfinallymake Change image and share on social
I think it's really hard to draw a hard-and-fast line and say 'Grimm's Fairy Tales' doesn't count as science fiction or fantasy. Or at what point do we say mythology is not fantasy, so reading mythology when you're young does not count as an exposure to fantasy? Robin Hobb countdrawexposure share on social