I always really liked magicians. I'm not even sure why - except that they know things other people don't, and they live in untidy rooms full of strange objects. Susanna Clarke fulllivemagician Change image and share on social
I had always been fascinated by comics, but it had taken me several weeks to make up my mind to buy 'Watchmen'; for someone on a publisher's assistant's salary, it was some quite unheard-of sum of money. Susanna Clarke assistantbuycomic share on social
The phone conversations about a possible TV series of 'Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell' stretch back years, but now that the moment has come, now that I am actually here at Wentworth Woodhouse, I lose my bearings. Susanna Clarke backbearingconversation share on social
I tell stories. I kind of stumbled on that by trying to combine Jane Austen and magic. Susanna Clarke austencombinejane Change image and share on social
I feel very much at home in the early nineteenth century and am not inclined to leave it. Susanna Clarke centuryearlyfeel Change image and share on social
It's funny, because I don't think of myself as a novelist. I think of myself as a writer. Susanna Clarke funnynovelistwriter Change image and share on social
'Pride and Prejudice' is often compared to 'Cinderella,' but Jane Austen's real 'Cinderella' tale is 'Mansfield Park.' Susanna Clarke austencinderellacompare Change image and share on social
Alan Moore is a peculiarly unsung triumph of British culture, and Northampton, where he was born in 1953, the son of brewery worker Ernest and printer Sylvia, is where you must go to find him. Susanna Clarke alanbearbrewery Change image and share on social
It seemed to me that you make magic real by making it a little prosaic, a little difficult and disappointing - never quite as glamorous as the other characters imagine. Susanna Clarke characterdifficultdisappoint Change image and share on social
You can get this feeling of the English or Scottish or Irish or Welsh fairy, but it is by nature very elusive. It would be possible to pin down a German fairy, but the English one just vanishes, becomes the shadow under the trees. Susanna Clarke elusiveenglishfairy share on social
