Shakespeare, Dickens, Mark Twain, and so many others were my dearest friends and greatest teachers. – Lloyd Alexander
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
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
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
After seven years of writing – and working many jobs to support my family – I finally got published. – Lloyd Alexander
My family pleaded with me to forget literature and do something sensible, such as find some sort of useful work. – Lloyd Alexander
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
It was 1943. The U.S. had already entered World War II, so I decided to join the army. – Lloyd Alexander
If writers learn more from their books than do readers, perhaps I may have begun to learn. – Lloyd Alexander
