The 1970s were so wonderful for women writers. There were all these women, and they were seen as doing the most interesting, innovative and exciting stuff in science fiction. I was inspired by that.
- Lisa Tuttle
Interesting, Doing, Fiction, Women Writers
I used to think, 'I'm going to write.' I knew that from quite early on, but I also thought, 'Maybe I'll be an explorer or a spy,' and it all came from books.
- Lisa Tuttle
Thought, Think, Going, Explorer
I'm quite a rational person, but I'm drawn to the irrational. I love coincidences, and I like to question that in fiction: 'Is this random, or is there something working underneath?'
- Lisa Tuttle
Love, Question, Like, Underneath
My own novel, 'The Silver Bough,' about the inhabitants of a remote town at risk of being overwhelmed by Scotland's mythological past, was once criticised by a disgruntled fan as 'fantasy for people who don't read fantasy.'
- Lisa Tuttle
Mythological, Inhabitants, Scotland
I can't remember a time when I didn't write or make up stories, because it seemed to come with reading.
- Lisa Tuttle
Reading, Stories, Seemed, Make Up
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