All through university years, I used to come up to Melbourne, go to Pizza Napoli with my friends and then to a movie. Isobelle Carmody Read Quote
What’s gratifying is that it’s my books that are being read and reread until they’re battered over the years. I love that. Isobelle Carmody Read Quote
First and foremost, I’m an oral storyteller – I’ll make a poetic choice over a grammatical choice every single time. Isobelle Carmody Read Quote
If fantasy is done well, it has both serious content in a literary fashion and is a really good read as well – and children and young adults won’t suffer anything else. Isobelle Carmody Read Quote
The best fantasy does not offer an answer to our lives, it is an offering that acknowledges enough of the truth to resonate and add to the understanding about the human condition. Isobelle Carmody Read Quote
I believe excellent fantasy reflects us all, and yes, it can use those myths that underpin societies, our subconscious yearnings and longings, and perhaps our barren spirituality. Isobelle Carmody Read Quote
I do see, in some younger writers, elements and things that I have used – and I am very touched and flattered because I am part of a tapestry that is being absorbed by authors. Isobelle Carmody Read Quote
I have never forgotten the almost mystical power over an audience a storyteller has, when the story is deep and links you. Isobelle Carmody Read Quote
