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Lloyd Alexander

American,  Writer
Total Quotes : 18
Trying Deepest Keep

All that writers can do is keep trying to say what is deepest in their hearts.

- Lloyd Alexander

War Germany Paris

Eventually, I was sent to Wales and Germany, and after the war, to Paris.

- Lloyd Alexander

Money College Some

After I saved some money, I quit work and went to a local college.

- Lloyd Alexander

Wanted Horrified Were

My parents were horrified when I told them I wanted to be an author.

- Lloyd Alexander

Friends Dearest Many

Shakespeare, Dickens, Mark Twain, and so many others were my dearest friends and greatest teachers.

- Lloyd Alexander

Girl University Attended

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

Learn How Human Beings

My concern is how we learn to be genuine human beings.

- Lloyd Alexander

Desperate Number Huge

There's this huge number of desperate people.

- Lloyd Alexander

Finally Seven Jobs

After seven years of writing - and working many jobs to support my family - I finally got published.

- Lloyd Alexander

King Shield Arthur

King Arthur was one of my heroes - I played with a trash can lid for a knightly shield and my uncle's cane for the sword Excalibur.

- Lloyd Alexander

War Had World War

It was 1943. The U.S. had already entered World War II, so I decided to join the army.

- Lloyd Alexander

Adventure Best Way Decided

I decided that adventure was the best way to learn about writing.

- Lloyd Alexander

Real People Some About

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

Learn More May

If writers learn more from their books than do readers, perhaps I may have begun to learn.

- Lloyd Alexander

Books Most Been

Most of my books have been written in the form of fantasy.

- Lloyd Alexander

World Loved

I loved all the world's mythologies.

- Lloyd Alexander

Question Answer Itself

We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself.

- Lloyd Alexander

Work Sort Some

My family pleaded with me to forget literature and do something sensible, such as find some sort of useful work.

- Lloyd Alexander