Quotes by Tamora Pierce

About Tamora Pierce:

Tamora Pierce is an American writer of fantasy fiction for teenagers, known best for stories featuring young heroines. She made a name for herself with her first book series, The Song of the Lioness (1983–1988), which followed the main character Alanna through the trials and triumphs of training as a knight. Many of her books have feminist themes.
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Men broke into their homes, killed their families, threatened you--and you won't let them do anything for fear you'll be hurt. That's selfish. How would you like it if I took your bow and said I cared too much about you to let you fight?

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You ride as a man, fight as a man, and you think as a man-" "I think as a human being," she retorted hotly. "Men don't think any differently from women- they just make more noise about being able to.

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Does your ma know you're this silly?" she demanded tartly. He nodded, comically sad. "The few gray hairs she has on her head are my doing. But" — with an exaggerated change of mood — "I send her plenty of money, so she can pay to have them dyed!"...

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There's plenty more fish in the sea than Prince Jonathan," he told her softly. "And this particular fish loves you with all his crooked heart." -George to Alanna

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When I say I want time to think, I want time to think!" Jonathan sighed wearily. "All right, you've had time to think. What's your answer?" "That I need more time to think!

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You have an audience that is fairly well grounded in the real world. You serve them and yourself best by making everything as real as possible.

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If you aren't having fun, if you aren't anxious to find out what happens next as you write, then not only will you run out of steam on the story, but you won't be able to entertain anyone else, either.

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Most important of all, there is no right or wrong way to write - there's only what works for you. I was taught to write every day, but I know a writer (a bestseller at that!) who only writes on weekends.

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I believe that we haven't begun to understand the many forces that bind the physical world, any more than we understand our own minds and what they're capable of.

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After I recovered from 'Lioness', I wanted to write something about animals because I really like mythical creatures, especially dragons. At 12, I was one of those semi-recluses who did better with animals than people. Out of that, came the character...

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I've written short stories in first person, but you have so much more control writing in third person. Third person, you know what everybody's thinking. First person is very limiting, and I could never sustain a first person novel before.

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I was nuts for stuff in the Middle Ages when I was just in the third and fourth grades.

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One of the things I strive for is realism. I need to be as real as possible in the dilemmas my characters face.

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With each book, in each place, I have to keep an ongoing map as I write because otherwise I don't know where I am.

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The fantasy that appeals most to people is the kind that's rooted thoroughly in somebody looking around a corner and thinking, 'What if I wandered into this writer's people here?' If you've done your job and made your people and your settings well en...

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Anyone who tells you they don't need to rewrite, they're usually the ones who need it worst.

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I'm of the Samuel Goldwyn school of writing: If you need to send a message, call Western Union. Any messages people take away from my books are the ones they see in them.

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Neil Gaiman's 'Sandman' just rocked my world in the late '80s and early '90s. I couldn't read them fast enough.

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Books are as dark as what is available to teenagers through the media every day.

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If you have to hit--hit low.

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I just want to be a warrior maiden and go on adventures. I don't want to fall in love,

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Author Bio

  • NameTamora Pierce
  • DescriptionAmerican writer of fantasy novels for children
  • BornDecember 13, 1954
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionWriter; Novelist
  • AwardsMargaret Edwards Award