Will Harrison
Will Harrison
compelling embrace figure hard joan last whose
I'll never have so compelling a figure within my embrace as Joan of Arc; there will never be a book whose last chapter is so very hard to get right.
I'm not an investigative journalist; I don't track crime or police blotters.
interested rational
I've always been interested in the intersection between our rational and our unconscious lives.
conviction run secrets
It is my conviction that secrets are more costly in the long run than honesty.
broad earthly figures joan mass saint separates whose
Like all holy figures whose earthly existence separates them from the broad mass of humanity, a saint is a story, and Joan of Arc's is like no other.
family royal spectator
Rasputin's daughter understands the revolution. She would have been an outsider, a spectator in the royal family and to the revolution.
book gave loved mother robert
When I was eleven, my mother gave me Robert K. Massie's 'Nicholas and Alexandra.' It was the first 'grownup' book I read, and I loved it.
Writing is how I stay sane. It's completely necessary.
compelled familiar grown love pleasing reveal total
Having grown up so familiar with creating a pleasing facade, I now end up compelled to reveal things inside and say, 'Okay, now you really see me. Do you still love me?' And then it's never enough; it always has to be total self-revelation.
leveling music playing turn
What we're doing here is leveling the playing field. Everyone's going to have to turn down the music.
process sticking thinks
What we're doing is sticking with the process, which everyone thinks doesn't work. If we designate, we go right back to the process we say doesn't work.
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'Dandelion Wine' became one of the few books that I returned to time and again, and while not anywhere near the story crafter as Mr. Bradbury, I hope I managed to absorb by osmosis some of his techniques.
fully grew plots realized sf
I grew up reading SF in the '70s and '80s, and I like fast, thought-provoking plots that take you places in fully realized worlds.
down-and computer ifs
I told you, computers are like women. If you shout at them or ask them to do too many things at once, they shut down and you won't even get a sniff" pg. 4