You only had to choose which me to talk to, for, you know, we all change our manners, depending on who has come to chat. One doesn’t behave at all the same way to a grandfather as to a bosom friend, to a professor as to a curious niece. Catherynne M. Valente More Quotes by Catherynne M. Valente More Quotes From Catherynne M. Valente Monsters almost always are culture's way of working out their fears and are thus inherently incredibly interesting and powerful. Catherynne M. Valente always powerful culture way Every writing teacher I ever had except for one told me I was an awful writer, had no idea what I was doing, and should stop immediately. It only took the one to tell me something different to light a fire under me. Catherynne M. Valente me light fire teacher I try to hurt myself, to sprain something, writing every novel and story, because I'm stretching for something new and difficult that I haven't done before. Catherynne M. Valente new story myself hurt Just about every science whiz can tell you how he or she took apart the TV or the radio when they were kids just to see how it worked. To see what the world was made of. Well, when I was a kid, I took apart fairy tales to see how they worked. To see what the world was made of. Catherynne M. Valente see you science world You can't have whatever you want. But to a child who must ask permission for every single thing, adulthood looks like a constant parade of every desire's satisfaction. It is a heady and terrifying place. It is the Otherworld. It is Fairyland. In fantasy, we make this literal. Catherynne M. Valente place child you fantasy It seems like every few years a big name author will holler something about how evil, heinous, and morally wrong fan fiction and fan fiction writers are, and then the Internet gets all upset and shocked, and then the author is shocked that people could get so upset. Catherynne M. Valente name internet evil people I'm very touchy feely with my fandom, in part because they've never done me wrong or hurt me in any way. This is an awesome balance. I hope it stays that way forever. Catherynne M. Valente me balance hurt hope For most of us, fanfiction is a non-issue. Even for midlist writers. We will never be popular enough for people to play in our worlds with any frequency. The problem for us is getting people to read and care about our books that much in the first place. Catherynne M. Valente place care problem people I have always been delighted when told there was a piece of fanfic inspired by a book of mine floating about. I don't read it for legal reasons, but I'm thrilled to know it's there. Someone cared. Someone loved it enough to spend their free time writing about it for free. Catherynne M. Valente loved legal time book Vampires should be pretty much like mean girls, all the time, only amazing at it. Flawless. They've had time. Catherynne M. Valente pretty amazing like time
