Genevieve Valentine Quotes

United States, Writer
July 1, 1981

Genevieve Valentine is an American science fiction and fantasy writer. Her first novel, Mechanique: A tale of the Circus Tresaulti, won the Crawford Award for a first fantasy novel, and was shortlisted for the Nebula. Genevieve Valentine is currently writing The Persona Series for Saga Press (edited by Navah Wolfe), a science fiction thriller series which so far includes the novels Persona (2015) and Icon (2016).

You can't expect people to give you the things you love, unless you know how to ask.

Genevieve Valentine
- People
- Giving
- Asks
I will always have a soft spot for 'East of the Sun, West of the Moon,' which I discovered just at the age when I was beginning to enjoy the darkness in fairy tales but still wanted a story where the good guys win.

Genevieve Valentine
- Good
- Age
- Beginning

Most of my writing takes place at a cramped desk in a cramped apartment, so whenever I get to write on a train or make notes on a road trip, it has an entirely different cadence. And I can remember specific writing sessions while on a train through beautiful countryside in a way I can remember almost nothing else.

Genevieve Valentine
This is what happens when you take a step: you are moving closer to what you want.

Genevieve Valentine
- Want
- Moving
- Steps
The ways in which language changes never ceases to interest me.

Genevieve Valentine