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This is a book written by a man who is dust and to dust he will return.
It may happen that creativity becomes an obsession, a painful attachment to what is created by one's own
Like any art, myth and fairy tale must contain moral and religious principles (whether true or erroneous), but they must not stick out, have the same form as in the primary, real world.
In addition to the craving for languages, from the very childhood I was attracted by myths and fairy tales, and in particular - heroic legends on the verge of a fairy tale and historical chronicles. By the way, it was not until I entered college that I finally realized that there is a strong inner connection between fairy tale and historical chronicle.
I never considered my works to be masterpieces, I never believed in their exclusivity, and even now that, to my great surprise, they have received such recognition, I still believe that some mistake has occurred, and still not too much tends to put on public display the world created by my imagination.
Perhaps the image of the spider is connected with the fact that in childhood I was bitten by a tarantula; in any case, if anyone wants to think so, I don't mind at all. I can only say that I myself don’t remember anything about it (if they didn’t tell me, I would completely forget), but I don’t feel antipathy for spiders as such, I don’t crush them and don’t trample them under my feet. On the contrary, I let out into the street those whom I find from time to time.
Due to the great popularity of The Hobbit with readers, I was required to continue. Nevertheless, I did not intend to write a continuation of the children's fairy tale at all. I wanted to write magical
I was fascinated and fascinated by the Kalevala. The set of my legends arose from the desire to rewrite the Kalevala.
I went to my world from the very birth. Linguistic structures have always affected me like music and color. If a person wants to write something in this spirit, he must turn to his roots.
Fantasy can predict certain things because it admits the unacceptable.
There are countless reasons why a person can be controlled. It is our task to remind that a person exists not only to be controlled by someone.
A keen eye is one of the tools of the writer's craft.
To tell a story, it is not enough to be able to write well, you also need to have the courage ...
I am happy to create. In the opinion of many, in a strange manner: only pouring out my soul on paper, I sit down at the computer and start typing.
To join the Union of Writers of the USSR, that is, to become a patented, stamped writer, in those days was no easier than to become a member of the Masonic Lodge. It was a magic circle, which had to be crossed somehow cunningly, almost casting spells: the author of two published books could become a member of the Union; on the other hand, only a member of the Union could publish a book... It was a normal delirium of Soviet life, one of its manifestations.
