Cornelia Funke Quotes

Most of my short stories are fantasy.

When I started writing 'Luck in the Shadows,' I just wanted to create an adventure story.

'Lagoon' is an ambitious novel.

'Temeraire' is a terrific meld of two genres that I particularly love - fantasy and historical epic.

The first sentence of a book is a promise.

This is a work of fiction. All the characters in it, human and otherwise, are imaginary, excepting only certain of the fairy folk, whom it might be unwise to offend by casting doubts on their existence. Or lack thereof.

The fantasy world, the 'Game of Thrones' world, the forgotten realms worlds - they're the type of worlds I've always wanted to live in. Where vampires, dragons, dwarves and elves are real.

My girlfriend has read all the 'Game of Thrones' books - twice.

Dragons and bridges are very much something out of fairy tales and fantasy.

They were the books to read, 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings.' A rite of passage going through life.

I was a great reader of fairy tales. I tried to read the entire fairy tale section of the library.

I actually have a young readers' series that I wanna do, kind of in the same lane as a Harry Potter or Narnia or Twilight. I want to write stuff like that.

Fantasy novels, I don't really gravitate to that part of the bookstore.

'Game of Thrones' is the broadest of narratives. I don't know if anyone in the U.S. has done a story on such a large scale before, both in terms of what George R.R. Martin wrote and what's on the show.

I think 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy has a very satisfying ending, and there's not really that deep of a mythological construct.

'Legend of the Seeker' - it has new and interesting creatures and magic, but it's the stories.

My new novel 'Red Hook Road' began many years ago as a short article in the newspaper.

I've always been a huge fantasy fan. I was always interested in fairy tales and anything with magic or dragons... I was always drawn to those types of stories.

With 'Game of Thrones' you're not really dealing with anything that is based in reality. You have dragons and magic and all of that.

I fantasised about becoming an author and wrote my first book at 18 - an introspective novel set in the 1920s.

I loved 'Game Of Thrones.'

I'm hoping to get started on a new novel.

If you want to do 'Sword & Sandals' movies, people think that means it equals 'epic.'

I need to be believe that dragons are real. I want them be a real thing.

While the whole 'God Butcher Saga' had elements of fantasy, sci-fi and horror all mixed together, 'The Accursed' is very much high-fantasy. Right out of the gate, we've got elves, talk of fantastic worlds, strange creatures, Malekith riding a flying tiger, as well as more dwarves, giants, trolls and elves than you can possibly count.