Lev Grossman
Lev Grossman
Lev Grossman is an American novelist and journalist, notably the author of the novels Warp, Codex, The Magicians, The Magician King, and The Magician's Land. He is a senior writer and book critic for TIME...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth26 June 1969
CountryUnited States of America
mistake choices pennies
You're saying the gods don't have free will." "The power to make mistakes," Penny said. "Only we have that. Mortals
lines breaking-rules crossing-the-line
I love playing with the conventions of fantasy, and breaking rules, and crossing lines.
reading fans potters
I have spent many, many hours reading J.K. Rowling's work. I am a known 'Harry Potter' fan.
hatred humanity mind
Some of the comments on YouTube make you weep for the future of humanity just for the spelling alone, never mind the obscenity and the naked hatred.
smart perfect pages
About as close you can get to the perfect cerebral thriller: searingly smart, ridiculously funny, and fast as hell... I defy anybody to read the first page and not keep going to the last.
life clueless volcanoes
In our world no one ever knows what to do, and everyone's just as clueless and full of crap as everyone else, and you have to figure it all out by yourself. And even after you've figured it out and done it, you'll never know whether you were right or wrong. You'll never know if you put the ring in the right volcano, or if things might have gone better if you hadn't.
writing optimistic fiction
More than fantasy or even science fiction, Ray Bradbury wrote horror, and like so many great horror writers he was himself utterly without fear, of anything. He wasn't afraid of looking uncool - he wasn't scared to openly love innocence, or to be optimistic, or to write sentimentally when he felt that way.
children childhood assuming
It's natural for a child to assume that his or her own childhood is unremarkable.
doe stories good-story
The truth doesn't always make a good story, does it?
magic too-late stuff
Magic is wild, dangerous stuff. You never realize how useful limitations are until it's much too late.
literature feels great-things
It's a great thing when you feel that you recognize yourself, deeply and movingly, in a work of literature.
thanks publishing stills
I'm happy to report that 'The New Press' is still in business to this day. But not thanks to me. I was a really bad publishing intern.
nerd paper fans
I recognize that on paper, you can't really tell that I'm a fan or a nerd.
writing magician sequels
I never thought about doing a sequel when I was actually writing 'The Magicians.' I only ever considered it a standalone.