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
flower roots hundred
Are not all loves secretly the same? A hundred flowers sprung from a single root.
changed i-havent-changed happened
I haven't changed. Something's happened to me, that's all.
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.
important influence
The other writer who had a very important early influence on me when I was about 17 was C.S. Lewis.
publishing
When I started as a writer, I knew nothing about publishing-nothing about anything!
moon night air
There was no violence, no speed. It moved to the rhythm of an elder dance, putting all the rituals of the world to shame. Black, silver, gold and moon-opal, night and sea, fire, earth, air and water.
selfish writing selfishness
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.
pirate fascinated
Pirates have always fascinated me.
vampire fiction horror
Im a devotee of Dracula, which was a pathfinder in horror and vampire fiction.
writing somewhere-else things-i-love
Im 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 Im very greedy, and I really enjoy it!
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.
pain love-is elements
Oh, love. Love is best of all. There is no such total element, not even pain. Who has ever loved, knows this. I need not say more.
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.