Girls are 50% of the population. We deserve to represent 50% of the heroes.
Tamora PierceRead
The fantasy that appeals most to people is the kind that's rooted thoroughly in somebody looking around a corner and thinking, 'What if I wandered into this writer's people here?' If you've done your job and made your people and your settings well enough, that adds an extra dimension that you can't buy.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the power of immersive storytelling in literature.
Tamora Pierce highlights the allure of fantasy that deeply engages the reader's imagination by creating relatable characters and vivid settings. The idea is that when writers skillfully craft their narratives, they invite readers into a rich, immersive world that enhances the storytelling experience beyond mere words on a page.
In practice
During a writing workshop, this quote can inspire aspiring authors to focus on world-building.
Girls are 50% of the population. We deserve to represent 50% of the heroes.
I'm very much of the opinion that theatre is a collective art form, not just one person's vision.
People always make the mistake of thinking art is created for them. But really, art is a private language for sophisticates to congratulate themselves on their superiority to the rest of the world. As my artist’s statement explains, my work is utterly incomprehensible and is therefore full of deep significance.
What lives in art and is eternally living, is first of all the painter and then the painting.
Wagner’s music is better than it sounds.
My method of getting a play across the footlights is like a revolver shooting: every line has a bullet in it and comes with an explosion.
I could paint for a hundred years, a thousand years without stopping and I would still feel as though I knew nothing.
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