Lloyd Alexander Quotes & Sayings

“We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself.”

“My concern is how we learn to be genuine human beings.”

“King Arthur was one of my heroes - I played with a trash can lid for a knightly shield and my uncle's cane for the sword Excalibur.”

“My parents were horrified when I told them I wanted to be an author.”

“Using the device of an imaginary world allows me in some strange way to go to the central issues - it's one of many ways to express feelings about real people, about real human relationships.”

“All that writers can do is keep trying to say what is deepest in their hearts.”

“I decided that adventure was the best way to learn about writing.”

“Shakespeare, Dickens, Mark Twain, and so many others were my dearest friends and greatest teachers.”

“After I saved some money, I quit work and went to a local college.”

“After seven years of writing - and working many jobs to support my family - I finally got published.”