162 Quotes by Samantha Shannon

I am never not thinking about stories. 'The Bone Season' is 90% of my brain - 10% is interacting with the rest of the world.

I was always more interested in my books and my writing than going out. It's OK to say I'm a nerd. That's me.

I was born in 1991, and 'Harry Potter' came out in '97, so, you know, I was really obsessed. I used to read them in one night.

I was not a rebellious teenager. I was a sit-in-your-room teenager.

I'm not going to give it the big 'I am' now that I'm a New York Times bestseller.

I often look at places and kind of mentally convert them to fantasy versions of themselves.

I wanted to write a sci-fi story that would appeal to young women. Loads of girls like sci-fi, but it's more culturally associated with guys.

I have always been driven; I've always wanted to be published, and I wanted to make that happen, so I worked very hard. 'Perfectionist' would be a word to describe me.

I fell even more deeply in love with Tolkien's legendarium after studying Old English literature at uni, as I got a sense of the historical events and cultures that Tolkien used to create his world. My favourite of his imaginary locations is Lothlorien.