Quotes from Holly Black

You want me to say something? Okay. Sometimes I think I am what you made me. And sometimes I don't know who I am at all. And either way I'm not happy.

I want you and I hate wanting things and I especially hate admitting I want them.

Someday I would like to be the kind of writer who barrels through a draft, but I can't even seem to barrel through an interview like this, so I imagine I have a long way to go.

Inspiration comes from everywhere. From life, observing people, etc. From movies and books you love. From research.

Everything scares me. I'm very easily frightened. But the thing that scares me most is zombies. I really, really don't like zombies.

I thought you needed to be tougher. But I've been thinking that protecting somebody by hurting them before someone else gets the chance isn't the kind of protecting that anybody wants.

I'm sorry I kissed you- it was selfish and it upset you- but you can't ask me to pretend I didnt want to.

It demeans you to cover rotten meat with honey. I know what I am. What would you want with a monster?" "Everything.

I think there are a lot of really positive aspects to social media for novelists. Even though our work is pretty solitary, through Twitter and Tumblr and Facebook and Instagram and blogging in general, we're better able to connect directly with readers.

Three hundred words in a day is not a lot. So much of it is thinking before writing. And then there's the cutting. But you do what you do and keep moving forward.

In the older folklore, faeries were frightening beings. In fact, it was such a bad idea to get their attention that people would use flattering euphemisms for them, such as 'the people of peace,' 'the little people,' and 'the good neighbors.'

When I was a kid in the U.S., 'Doctor Who' wasn't really on, but you would occasionally catch an episode. Different stations did marathons.

I am not very good at sticking to outlines, and I double back all the time to revisit scenes and change things.

I read 'Sabella or The Blood Stone' by Tanith Lee, which was hugely influential to me. I love Tanith's writing. She's just really lyrical, beautiful use of language.

I think there's a reason that horror appeals to teens. There's a lot of useful lessons to take away from reading horror. We get to be scared in the comfort and safety of our own homes. We can put the book down if we get too scared, and no one will ever know if we decide not to pick it up again.

The truth is messy. It's raw and uncomfortable. You can't blame people for preferring lies.

Ah coffee. The sweet balm by which we shall accomplish today's tasks.

Yeah, the whole family knows. It's no big deal. One night at dinner I said, 'Mom, you know the forbidden love that Spock has for Kirk? Well, me too.' It was easier for her to understand that way.

Those who really love you don't mean to hurt you and if they do, you can't see it in their eyes but it hurts them too.

Once someone's hurt you, it's harder to relax around them, harder to think of them as safe to love. But it doesn't stop you from wanting them.

She loves the serene brutality of the ocean, loves the electric power she felt with each breath of wet, briny air.

Jude, you can't really think I don't know it's you. I knew you from the moment you walked into the brugh.

If he thought I was bad, I would be worse. If he thought I was cruel, I would be horrifying.

Those who really love you don't mean to hurt you and if they do, you can't see it in their eyes but it hurts them too.