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Lev Grossman
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: June 26
Journalist
Literary Critic
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Lexington
Massachusetts
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It was so much easier to be angry. Being angry made him feel strong, even though-- and this contradiction did nothing to diminish his anger-- he was angry only because his position was so weak.
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It's a great thing when you feel that you recognize yourself, deeply and movingly, in a work of literature.
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Book tours are excellent things, and one is lucky to get to go on one, but they have a way of leeching away one's will to live.
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Do you promise to hate my parents as much as I do? Oh, absolutely, Quentin said. Maybe even more.
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Some of the comments on YouTube make you weep for the future of humanity just for the spelling alone, never mind the obscenity and the naked hatred.
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The truth doesn't always make a good story, does it?
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I read a lot of literary theory when I was in graduate school, especially about novels, and the best book I ever read about endings was Peter Brooks' 'Reading for the Plot. '
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The paradox of the English country house is that its state of permanent decline, the fact that its heyday is always behind it, is part of the seduction, just as it is part of the seduction of books in general.
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My ultimate goal is to drive people back to the books, when I think of an adaptation.
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A magician is strong because he feels the pain between what the world is and what he would make of it.
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The danger would be going back, or staying still. The only way out was through. The past was ruins, but the present was still in play.
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I think for a long time, I was paralyzed by some of my hopes and ideals for what my life was going to be like. I had this perfect vision of how my life should go, but it seemed - it was - impossible to realize, so I sat around for a long, long time doing almost nothing at all.
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Everybody wanted to be the hero of their own story. Nobody wanted to be comic relief.
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Being a writer can be isolating. It's good to be among readers and booksellers.
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It's time to live with what we have and mourn what we lost.
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It's a terrible thing for a book, when you feel like you're supposed to like it.
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The problem with growing up is that once you're grown up, the people who aren't grown up aren't fun anymore.
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I guess I was raised in a household with a lot of reverence for the physical sanctity of books. You didn't destroy books.
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We're wired to expect the world to be brighter and more meaningful and more obviously interesting than it actually is. And when we realize that it isn't, we start looking around for the real world.
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I have spent many, many hours reading J.K. Rowling's work. I am a known 'Harry Potter' fan.
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