Not all readers are satisfied by the “And then the wizard saved the day!” plot point. Some want to understand the magic. They want to know its boundaries, see its limitations, and be able to anticipate the main character’s struggle. - Moriah Richard

When I used to read fairy tales, I fancied that kind of thing never happened, and now here I am in the middle of one! - Lewis Caroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again. - C.S. Lewis

This is going to take a while. I’m a fantasy author. We have trouble with the concept of brevity. - Brandon Sanderson

Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life. - Aristotle

The more limitations you put on a character often times the better a character you'll make them, the more interesting the story becomes because the character can't simply wave a hand and make something happen. They have to work within the framework. - Brandon Sanderson

One of my challenges [as a writer] is to make sure that I'm giving the reader details that the character cares about rather than details that I care about. I’d say that's key to world-building. - Jessica Andersen

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. - Arthur C Clarke

Though in this genre we write about the fantastic, the stories work best when there is solid grounding in our world. - Brandon Sanderson

If you don’t think there is magic in writing, you probably won’t write anything magical. - Terry Brooks