Patricia Briggs Quotes

At the end of the day, it's about the reader's attachment to and belief in the magical elements that make or break magical realism.

I always try to have my supernatural or fantasy elements feel grounded in reality so they're easier for the reader to accept and digest.

In creating the Harry Potter artwork, I try to bring a certain amount of realism and believability to the characters and setting, but still add an element of wonder and the unknown.

The words 'fairy tales' must accordingly be taken to include tales in which occurs something 'fairy,' something extraordinary - fairies, giants, dwarfs, speaking animals.

I don't quite operate within the realist mode. I kind of push the stories out towards the cusp of believability - that's the area of interest for me.

When writing fantastical literature, your biggest problem is getting your audience to believe the fantastical elements of your story.

There's no subtext in 'Harry Potter,' really; it's all magic - anything can happen. Why do I say this? Because it's a magic spell. It's quite nice in a way. There is a real freedom to it. Doesn't say much for acting, does it?

I am a fan of magic and fantasy, particularly when it's grounded in reality.

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

When I wrote 'The Good Fairies of New York,' I wasn't really imagining that there were fairies. Not in the way that I'm really imagining there are werewolves.

What I personally gravitate toward tends to be fantasy, medium dark - not too dark - fairy tales and sci fi. Stop-motion takes something on the page that's really dark and adds a little sweetness to it, a living toys realm.

I would try to write 'realistic' fiction, and someone would fly, or there would be a black hole full of demons or a girl who attracted frogs.

When I write for kids, I have to make sure they know what can't happen. They have to know it's a fantasy. But when I write for adults, they have to think it's real. Every detail has to be real or they won't buy it.

The supernatural is ubiquitous in children's entertainment, from Grimm and Hans Andersen to Disney and 'Harry Potter.'

I've always loved fantasy books. Even just growing up, I've always kind of loved magic and fantasy.

Magic is at the core of myths.

I do like fantasy films.

What I wanted to do was to get that sense of being in touch with this lost world while holding onto what draws readers and audiences there in the first place.

The genres of the fantastic and the grotesque are far more interesting to me than most mnemonic fiction.

I didn't want readers to have to make allowances for what they couldn't see, but to be able to say to themselves that the fabric of the magic detailed was perfectly believable.

It's into the same bag as E.T. and Yoda, wherein you're trying to create something that people will actually believe, but it's not so much a symbol of the thing, but you're trying to do the thing itself.

Every time a child says I don't believe in fairies there is a fairy somewhere that falls down dead.

I love fantasy. I grew up reading fantasy.

I think what makes Narnia a magical place is that it offers escapism - escapism from a world that is so different from the reality known by the characters and the reality known by the fans.

In all my books, I try to have a strong element of realism underlying the fantastic.