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
writing people complexes
I've been criticised for writing in too complex a manner for younger people.
ordinary
No one is ever ordinary.
book practice stories
Writers tell stories better, because they've had more practice, but everyone has a book in them. Yes, that old cliche.
silly school actresses
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.
doe wonderful knows
I never know where I am going, though. That is part of what makes it so wonderful. And after all, who does?
humble pulpit priests
The humble were the elect of God. Did not the priests teach so, in their gemmed, kingly robes, from their towering pulpits?
extravagance way subtle
Archetypes are universal, and, in subtle or extravagant ways, interchangeable.
father writing mad
I was born in North London in 1947. I didn't learn to read until I was almost 8-partly bad schooling, and partly I suspect slight dyslexic problems. My father, driven mad by this, taught me to read. At 9 I began writing.
would-be film intrigued
I like films, or some films, and would be intrigued to see my work on screen.
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.
lying
It was so useful to lie with the truth.
venice venus parallels
I came up with a parallel Venice called Venus. set in a parallel Venice about 1701.
thinking storyteller
I think of myself as a storyteller, and that is it.
dark evil force
I began to feel lighthearted. Don't ever do that; it tempts some dark and evil force abroad in the universe.