1,728 Quotes by Leigh Bardugo

I think Ruin and Rising' is the best written of the three and the most structurally sound, but each book means something different to me.

My relationship with Twitter has evolved as my career has changed. The truth is unless you have a remarkably thick skin, as a creator, it's a very difficult place to be.

Publishing and film are such different worlds for writers.

I like to say that I always have a whole book in front of me. I write down the major beats, the major action moments or emotional moments. In theory, that's a book - it's just one page long. Then I start to go back and fill things in.

'Shadow and Bone' was the first. Siege and Storm' was challenge and surprise. Ruin and Rising' was the opportunity to see a story through to its end.

I am so clumsy! Like I fall off of bicycles.

I've gotten very used to falling off of things. It's almost like that's my skill! I'm great at falling down and getting back up.

Teenage girls have so much sway over culture, yet people sneer at the things that women and girls love, and are contemptuous of the creators of that content, particularly if they are women.

When I see someone deride things that women and girls find pleasure in, all I see is someone fearful that women will overtake the culture they've had dominion over for so long.