To each our own Hamlet. Jasper Fforde More Quotes by Jasper Fforde More Quotes From Jasper Fforde Personally I have a great deal of fun doing it, which is an inspiration in itself really. It really allows me to daydream, as in "schooldream" which is daydreaming with ink and get paid for it which is something I don't say to schools when I go in and talk to them. Jasper Fforde inspirationfunschool I've never been averse to a little risk - after all, writing without risk is not really writing at all. Sometimes one has to just let fly with a high concept piece and see where the pieces fall. As it generally turns out, the central story is familiar, but just with different rules of engagement. Jasper Fforde riskwritingfall Social mores change with time, like fashion - who knows where it might all end up? I especially like the idea that waste, impoliteness and overpopulation become "abominations," although I'm not sure recycling one's aunt will ever truly catch on. Jasper Fforde auntfashionideas Aspects that we consider normal today could very well be repugnant in the future - eating animals, for one thing, or abundant choice, or invasive surgery. I was simply trying to demonstrate that what is acceptable today may not be acceptable forever, and vice-versa. Jasper Fforde choicesforeveranimal For an author just starting out, you've got to deliver the goods every year or sooner or people will forget you or you will lose momentum. There is a contract that exists between author and reader. Jasper Fforde momentumpeopleyears To a great extent, I still write for myself, write what amuses me. Fortunately, I have a quirky sort of strange sense of humor that appeals to other people and that's good. I still sort of write for myself though there are some areas of the book I feel I have to put in and I feel I have to deliver. Jasper Fforde writingbookpeople In any regime there is always something that one should agree with, and in Shades there are quite a few notions that, on the face of it, seem like a good thing - the strict adherence to good manners, the fact that learning a musical instrument is compulsory, as is dancing, performing musicals and an hour's Useful Work every day in order to properly discharge your duty to society. But a cage is still a cage, irrespective of the nature of its bars. Jasper Fforde good-mandancingorder My mind wanders terribly. I'm not wholly annoyed by my daydreaming as it has been immense use to me as regards imaginative thought, but it doesn't help when it comes to concentration. And writing needs concentration - lots of it. Jasper Fforde thoughtmemindwriting I just write books, and I do it without any notion of what I should do or shouldn't do. Jasper Fforde bookswritewithoutjust Perhaps fantasy offers imaginative escapism more than other genres. Jasper Fforde otherthanmorefantasy In the creative industries, there are few things more exciting than a zinger - a thought, idea, line, plot device - anything really, that just totally works in a fundamentally new and fresh way. It's like a uniquely lovely melody or a new taste idea in cooking. Something special, something new, something wonderful. They're also very rare. Jasper Fforde newthoughtcookingway I started writing because I wanted to write scripts, but I wasn't very good at it. Then I started writing short stories, sort of as treatments for the film scripts, and I found I enjoyed writing short stories far more than I enjoyed writing film scripts. Then the short stories got longer and longer and suddenly, I had novels. Jasper Fforde shortmoregoodwriting Class clowns become actors. Jasper Fforde clownsbecomeclass If you give children the freedom to do very little, quite a lot will do very little. Jasper Fforde willyoufreedomchildren When I was about 10 or 11, I realised that people made movies; until then, I had thought they just happened. Jasper Fforde moviesjustthoughtpeople Speak to any editor and ask them what they turned down, and they'll have long lists of books. Jasper Fforde booksdownspeaklong When you're an author, you're always two people. Jasper the writer is different from Jasper the person at home. Jasper Fforde personyouhomepeople I hope that in my books there's an undertone of politics, basic tenets of how we should live. Jasper Fforde livehowpoliticshope There is a contract between the reader and the writer. The readers give me their hard-earned cash, and I have to entertain them. Jasper Fforde contractgivemegive-me I'm not of the opinion that the next logical step for a book is for it to be made into a film. Jasper Fforde stepnextopinionbook
