In whatever guise – our own daily nightmares of war, intolerance, inhumanity or the struggles of an Assistant Pig-Keeper against the Lord of Death – the problems are agonizingly familiar. And an openness to compassion, love, and mercy is as essential to us here and now as it is to any inhabitant of an imaginary kingdom. Lloyd Alexander Read Quote
I was afraid that not even Merlin the Enchanter could transform me into a writer. Lloyd Alexander Read Quote
If writers learn more from their books than do readers, perhaps I may have begun to learn. Lloyd Alexander Read Quote
Using the device of an imaginary world allows me in some strange way to go to the central issues – it’s one of many ways to express feelings about real people, about real human relationships. Lloyd Alexander Read Quote
After seven years of writing – and working many jobs to support my family – I finally got published. Lloyd Alexander Read Quote
When I was discharged, I attended the University of Paris and met a beautiful Parisian girl, Janine. We soon married and eventually returned to the States. Lloyd Alexander Read Quote