Samantha Shannon Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)
Samantha Shannon quotes and sayings page 3 (writer). Here's quote # 21 through 30 out of the 36 we have.
“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 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've never had a supernatural experience. I've been tempted to maybe have a tarot-card reading, but I don't know if I'd necessarily want to know.”
“I always felt that sci-fi and fantasy were my thing. Bit of a geek, I'm afraid. But I like creating worlds, and I felt it was a genre that gave me more freedom. It just seemed like I belonged there.”
“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.”
“I had lived in that part of London that used to be called Islington since I was eight. I attended a private school for girls, leaving at sixteen to work. That was in the year 2056. AS 127, if you use the Scion calendar.”
“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.”
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