"Then there was Clark Ashton Smith, who wrote for Weird Tales and who had a wild imagination. He wasn't a very talented writer, but his imagination was wonderful."

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"Then there was Clark Ashton Smith, who wrote for Weird Tales and who had a wild imagination. He wasn't a very talented writer, but his imagination was wonderful."

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"When you are very rational, you may not be able to dream or live in a fairy tale."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Imagination, Rationality, Dreaming, Reality

"Fairytales are healthy for the children. As they grow up, the magical thinking wears off, but the fairytale-induced creative brain circuits stay forever."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

Imagination, Happiness, Life, Truth, Inspirational

"Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young."

W. Somerset Maugham, British Playwright

Imagination, Belief, Exercise

"How crazy it would be if the moon did spin and the earth stood still and the sun went dim!How absolutely ludicrous if snakes could walk and kids could fly and mimes did talk!How silly it would be if the nights were tan and the mornings green and the sun cyan!How totally ridiculous if horses chirped and spiders sang and ladies burped!How shocking it would be if the dragons ruled and the knights were daft but the fish were schooled!How utterly preposterous if rain were dry and snowflakes warm and real men cried!I love to just imagineall the lows as heights,and the salty, sweet,and our lefts as rights.Perhaps it is incredibleand off the hook,but it all makes sensein a storybook!"

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Imagination, Truth, Humor, Wisdom

"I mean, public libraries like this one were always short of money, so building even the tiniest of labyrinths had to be beyond their means."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

Imagination, Libraries, Money

"If I had lady-spider legs, I would weave a sky where the stars lined up. Matresses would be tied down tight to their trucks, bodies would never crash through windshields. The moon would rise above the wine-dark sea and give babies only to maidens and musicians who had prayed long and hard. Lost girls wouldn't need compasses or maps. They would find gingerbread paths to lead them out of the forest and home again. They would never sleep in silver boxes with white velvet sheets, not until they were wrinkled-paper grandmas and ready for the trip."

Laurie Halse Anderson, American Author

Imagination, Protection, Magic, Hope

"A tree house, to me, is the most royal palace in the world."

Munia Khan, Bangladeshi Poet

Imagination, Royalty, Home, Childhood

"You can do more with a castle in a story than with the best cardboard castle that ever stood on a nursery table."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Imagination, Storytelling, Creativity, Life

"The world cannot be translated, It can only be dreamed of and touched."

Dejan Stojanovic, Serbian Philosopher

Imagination, World, Dream, Reality

"There was a moment of silence as they imagined a future in which there existed an organisation that stole imagination for, undoubtedly, a sinister plan."

S. A. Tawks, British Author

Imagination, Future, Threat, Hope

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"But Roy Rockwood, it was science fiction for the sake of science fiction."

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"Right now I'm so old that if I had a big gush of money, I don't know what I'd do with it. I don't travel anymore. I don't need anything, don't want anything. I'd give it to my son, I guess, and let him enjoy it."

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"I worked for half a cent a word. I'm not a fast writer to begin with, so for the first few years I had do other things."

Writing

"The story was such that I couldn't make a graceful ending and then make a graceful new beginning. I could have, but I didn't want to. So, it isn't the most graceful way of writing a story. This new story is, I think, is pretty good stuff. I'm pleased with it anyway."

Beginning

"It seems to limit you; when you're working in an office, you're a creature in a small cell under somebody's supervision and surveillance."

Office

"This flattery has been rather slow in coming. I think all of sudden late in life now I'm getting some credit for what I've done. Which is gratifying, but it's kind of a little late."

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"When you are very rational, you may not be able to dream or live in a fairy tale."

"Fairytales are healthy for the children. As they grow up, the magical thinking wears off, but the fairytale-induced creative brain circuits stay forever."

"Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young."

"I mean, public libraries like this one were always short of money, so building even the tiniest of labyrinths had to be beyond their means."

"A tree house, to me, is the most royal palace in the world."

"You can do more with a castle in a story than with the best cardboard castle that ever stood on a nursery table."

"The world cannot be translated, It can only be dreamed of and touched."

"There was a moment of silence as they imagined a future in which there existed an organisation that stole imagination for, undoubtedly, a sinister plan."

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"I just wrote what I felt like writing since they seemed to sell."

"But Roy Rockwood, it was science fiction for the sake of science fiction."

"Right now I'm so old that if I had a big gush of money, I don't know what I'd do with it. I don't travel anymore. I don't need anything, don't want anything. I'd give it to my son, I guess, and let him enjoy it."

"I worked for half a cent a word. I'm not a fast writer to begin with, so for the first few years I had do other things."

"The story was such that I couldn't make a graceful ending and then make a graceful new beginning. I could have, but I didn't want to. So, it isn't the most graceful way of writing a story. This new story is, I think, is pretty good stuff. I'm pleased with it anyway."

"In fact, almost every job you get somebody watching you."

"As I mentioned, I was a carpenter for a time."

"I was an omnivore at reading, so that everything I ever read contributed."

"It seems to limit you; when you're working in an office, you're a creature in a small cell under somebody's supervision and surveillance."

"This flattery has been rather slow in coming. I think all of sudden late in life now I'm getting some credit for what I've done. Which is gratifying, but it's kind of a little late."