The real problem with being around James was that he was always the hero. And what did that make you? Either the sidekick or the villain.
Lev GrossmanStop looking for the next secret door that is going to lead you to your real life. Stop waiting. This is it: there's nothing else.
Lev GrossmanSupposedly I've got traces of an English accent, though I can't hear it. I must have inherited it from my mother, who's English, and then I think it was exacerbated by the fact that I live with an Australian.
Lev GrossmanMore than fantasy or even science fiction, Ray Bradbury wrote horror, and like so many great horror writers he was himself utterly without fear, of anything. He wasn't afraid of looking uncool - he wasn't scared to openly love innocence, or to be optimistic, or to write sentimentally when he felt that way.
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