It’s sad when a woman writing fantasy in the United States in the 1970s has less actual feminist cred than Sir Walter Scott. Judith Tarr Read Quote
A baby writer should take inspiration from her predecessors but also find ways to tell her own stories in her own way. Judith Tarr Read Quote
Most science fiction is based on our knowledge now and uses that to project the future. Judith Tarr Read Quote
I like going back in time and writing historical fantasy. I use some real historical characters as a background to give depth to the fantasy. And I throw my fictional characters into the midst of this, and, so far, it has turned out interesting. Judith Tarr Read Quote
The Seventies were an interesting time to be a reader or writer of fantasy. Tolkien was the great master. Lin Carter was resurrecting wonders of British and American fantasy from the early twentieth century in his Ballantine Adult Fantasy Series. Judith Tarr Read Quote
Yes, I do have a soft spot for complicated villains who can’t help themselves. Judith Tarr Read Quote
Women in the post-Fifties world were appendages. They existed to serve men. Their lives and concerns didn’t matter, except insofar as they impinged on Important Male Things. Judith Tarr Read Quote
Separation of Church and state was a radical idea when the U.S. was first founded, but it’s become The Way Things Are. Judith Tarr Read Quote
The more facts one introduces, the more truth one shows, the more determined the bigot is to cling to his belief. Judith Tarr Read Quote
Magic is what it is, and those who work it can be male or female; it doesn’t matter. What matters is power. Judith Tarr Read Quote
