Tanith Lee
Tanith Lee
Tanith Leewas a British writer of science fiction, horror, and fantasy. She was the author of over 90 novels and 300 short stories, a children's picture book, and many poems. She also wrote two episodes of the BBC science fiction series Blake's 7. She was the first woman to win the British Fantasy Award best novel award, for her book Death's Master...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth19 September 1947
despair alive sometimes
I'm not very good at being alive. Sometimes I despair of ever mastering it, getting it right. When I'm old, perhaps.
gestures portraits paint
He sat by her, watching every gesture she made, as if he would paint her portrait afterward.
madness born things-to-do
Madness. I did not get myself born to die. I have better things to do.
time play games
What is any of this to us? Time is endless and ours. Love and Death are only the games we play in it.
kissing love-is flames
A rose by any other name Would get the blame For being what it is-- The colour of a kiss, The shadow of a flame. A rose may earn another name, So call it love; So call it love I will, And love is like the sea, Which changes constantly, And yet is still The same.
sleep essence profound
She could not mourn. She could no longer weep grasping the essence of annihilation, she wished only to cease, to be no more, as if sunk in some profound sleep devoid of wakening.
publishing
When I started as a writer, I knew nothing about publishing-nothing about anything!
supernatural-beings people i-can
People are always the start for meanimals. When I can get into their heads, gods, supernatural beings,immortals, the deadthese are all people to me.
hope heart ambition
Hope is a punishable offense. The verdict is always death; one more death of the heart.
cynical idealist
No one more cynical than an idealist.
wine cups would-be
Ecstasy and vulnerability belonged in the same dish. The fear the cup would be snatched away was what gave the wine its savor.
venice venus parallels
I came up with a parallel Venice called Venus. set in a parallel Venice about 1701.
vulgarity-is vulgar worst
The worst vulgarity is to avoid vulgarity solely on the grounds that it is vulgar.
children cinema nightmares preview twice
We used to go to the cinema once or twice a week, and they used to preview X-certificate films-those which children couldn't see-and I was terrified, and used to have nightmares just from the previews.