Philip Reeve Quotes & Sayings
11 most famous Philip Reeve quotes and sayings (author). These are the first 10 quotes we have.
“I don't travel much; I just stay at home and imagine weird places.”
“I still feel, as I did when I was six or seven, that books are simply the best way to experience a story.”
“As a child I always steered clear of science fiction, but in the autumn of 1977, the bow-wave of publicity for the first 'Star Wars' movie had already reached me, so I was eager for anything science-fictional.”
“Even tiny children looking at a picture book are using their imaginations, gleaning clues from the images to understand what is happening, and perhaps using the throwaway details which the illustrator includes to add their own elements to the story.”
“I had no idea I'd end up writing four books when I completed 'Mortal Engines.' I didn't even think it would find a publisher.”
“I was fascinated by 'The Lord of the Rings' from about the age of eight, and that lasted well into my teens.”
“I used to be very fascinated by Victorian stuff, and my best-known books, the 'Mortal Engines' series, have a sort of retro, Victorian vibe, despite being set in the far future.”
“I'm sure it came as no surprise to my friends and family when I became an illustrator and then a writer because, from about the age of five, I was one of those children who always had his nose in a book.”
“I've just written a very gritty, non-magical take on the King Arthur legend, 'Here Lies Arthur,' and I'm currently toying with some other historical ideas, as well as working with the illustrator David Wyatt on some sequels to my Victorian space opera 'Larklight.'”
“Moving cities are a fairly hoary old sci-fi trope - I seem to recall they were always cropping up on 'Doctor Who' when I was young, though I may be misremembering.”
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