The thing that most attracts me to historical fiction is taking the factual record as far as it is known, using that as scaffolding, and then letting imagination build the structure that fills in those things we can never find out for sure. less than 1 minute read
There’s just so many great stories in the past that you can know a little bit about, but you can’t know it all, and that’s where imagination can work. less than 1 minute read
There can be no passion, and by consequence no love, where there is not imagination. less than 1 minute read
There must be room for the imagination to exercise its powers we must conceive and apprehend a thousand things which we do not actually witness. less than 1 minute read
Summer is a great time to visit art museums, which offer the refreshing rinse of swimming pools - only instead of cool water, you immerse yourself in art. less than 1 minute read
Old age is a special problem for me because I’ve never been able to shed the mental image I have of myself - a lad of about 19. less than 1 minute read
I am not interested in slice of life, what I want is a slice of the imagination. less than 1 minute read
Ultimately, so much Dr. Seuss is about empowerment. He invites us to disappear into our imagination and then blows the doors off what that can mean. less than 1 minute read
I’m an emotional sort of person in general and I have a vivid imagination, so I feel the whole spectrum of emotion strongly when I write. less than 1 minute read
