I never thought about doing a sequel when I was actually writing ‘The Magicians.’ I only ever considered it a standalone. Lev Grossman Read Quote
I don’t know if I’ve ever derived such an immediate sense of calm and well-being from any book as I did from ‘Right Ho, Jeeves.’ It was like I was Pac-Man and the book was a power-up. Lev Grossman Read Quote
I’m not a Dickens guy. In grad school I had to take at least one course on the Victorians, so I took The Later Dickens, because that was what there was. Lev Grossman Read Quote
It’s natural for a child to assume that his or her own childhood is unremarkable. Lev Grossman Read Quote
I came from an anxious, overly intense East Coast academic family. That was the way of our tribe. Lev Grossman Read Quote
Supposedly I’ve got traces of an English accent, though I can’t hear it. I must have inherited it from my mother, who’s English, and then I think it was exacerbated by the fact that I live with an Australian. Lev Grossman Read Quote
I studied the cello for a long time, from when I was little up through college. Lev Grossman Read Quote
How often have I met and disliked writers whose books I love; and conversely, hated the books and then wound up liking the writer? Too often. Lev Grossman Read Quote
