Lloyd Alexander
Lloyd Alexander
Lloyd Chudley Alexanderwas a widely influential American author of more than forty books, primarily fantasy novels for children and young adults. His most famous work is The Chronicles of Prydain, a series of five high fantasy novels whose conclusion, The High King, was awarded the 1969 Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature. He won U.S. National Book Awards in 1971 and 1982...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionYoung Adult Author
Date of Birth30 January 1924
CityPhiladelphia, PA
CountryUnited States of America
I knew (Orr was fast). But I didn't know he was that fast.
I first wrote for adults, but when I started writing for young people, it was the most creative and liberating experience of my life.
You have a point," said Fronto, "and even a poet must occasionally bow to logic.
Long ago I yearned to be a hero without knowing, in truth, what a hero was. Now, perhaps, I understand it a little better. A grower of turnips or a shaper of clay, a Commot farmer or a king--every man is a hero if he strives more for others than for himself alone. Once you told me that the seeking counts more than the finding. So, too, must the striving count more than the gain.
Two cats can live as cheaply as one, and their owner has twice as much fun
Seize the day, whatever's in it to seize, before something comes along and seizes you.
I decided that adventure was the best way to learn about writing.
My parents were horrified when I told them I wanted to be an author.
If life is a loom, the pattern you weave is not so easily unraveled.
If I do find pride, I'll not find it in what I was or what I am, but what I may become. Not in my birth, but in myself.
I know that some readers think (The High King) should have ended differently. I cried for three days afterwards.
There is truth in all things, if you understand them well.
There's this huge number of desperate people.
My concern is how we learn to be genuine human beings.