I'm writing what comes into my head, or through me, or from somewhere else, and it is the most extraordinary, exciting thing. I love it, and I'm very greedy, and I really enjoy it! Tanith Lee enjoyexcitextraordinary Change image and share on social
I think of myself as a storyteller, and that is it. Tanith Lee storyteller Change image and share on social
People are always the start for me... animals, when I can get into their heads, gods, supernatural beings, immortals, the dead... these are all people to me. Tanith Lee animalbeingdead Change image and share on social
It's very selfish when I write. I'm not aware, ever, of writing for another person; I'm not even really aware of writing for myself. Tanith Lee awarepersonselfish Change image and share on social
At an early school, when I was about 5, they asked what we wanted to be when we grew up. Everyone said silly things, and I said I wanted to be an actress. So that was what I wanted to be, but what I was, of course, was a writer. Tanith Lee actressaskearly share on social
Genre categories are irrelevant. I dislike them, but I do not have the casting vote. Tanith Lee castcategorydislike Change image and share on social
I just love writing. It's magical, it's somewhere else to go, it's somewhere much more dreadful, somewhere much more exciting. Somewhere I feel I belong, possibly more than in the so-called real world. Tanith Lee belongcalldreadful share on social
I also love Disney, and will defend doing so, because there's so much in those films and I don't care if it's stereotyped. Tanith Lee caredefenddisney Change image and share on social
As a child, my mother told me lots of fairy stories, many her own invention. She, too, tended to reverse the norm. Tanith Lee childfairyinvention Change image and share on social
