Cassandra Clare Quotes & Sayings

“And write what you love - don't feel pressured to write serious prose if what you like is to be funny.”

“There's a stigma that guys hate romance and hate love, but that's not true. Look at 'Iron Man.' There's a whole through-line plot about his relationship with Pepper, and everybody loves it.”

“Perfect heroines, like perfect heroes, aren't relatable, and if you can't put yourself in the protagonist's shoes, not only will they not inspire you, but the book will be pretty boring.”

“Creating characters is like throwing together ingredients for a recipe. I take characteristics I like and dislike in real people I know, or know of, and use them to embellish and define characters.”

“You're a reader as well as a writer, so write what you'd want to read.”

“I am in the U.K. for inspiration because I'm doing a follow on series to 'The Infernal Devices,' called 'The Last Hours.' It's a re-telling of 'Great Expectations' with 'Shadowhunters'... because why not! It's set in 1903, so I'm doing a lot of locational research.”

“'City of Fallen Angels' ended on a cliffhanger. That was equally loved and hated by my readership.”

“I have specific playlists for different books and characters. So, I need to have those with me. It helps me get into the mindset of the book.”

“I think the main thing to remember when writing a novel is to stay true to the characters.”

“My grandfather was a movie producer, and so I grew up on movie sets.”