Tansy Rayner Roberts Quotes & Sayings
Enjoy the top 7 famous quotes, sayings and quotations by Tansy Rayner Roberts.
Famous Quotes By Tansy Rayner Roberts
Most historians and other writers of what we now consider 'primary sources' simply didn't think about women and their contribution to society. They took it for granted, except when that contribution or its lack directly affected men. — Tansy Rayner Roberts
History is imperfect and biased, and it always, always has omissions. The most common omissions are the bits that the writer of that history took for granted that his readers would know. — Tansy Rayner Roberts
Issues to do with disability, mental health and not being neurotypical often affect many genuine teenagers but are rarely reflected in the fiction they read. — Tansy Rayner Roberts
History is more interesting than most people think. — Tansy Rayner Roberts
History is not a long series of centuries in which men did all the interesting/important things and women stayed home and twiddled their thumbs in between pushing out babies, making soup and dying in childbirth. — Tansy Rayner Roberts
What do I want in a good fantasy book? Court politics and social interactions based around houses and cities. Powerful women and devious men. Drama and action with emotional ramifications. Frocks. Kissing. Swords. An intense impression of history in the world-building. — Tansy Rayner Roberts
When I was thirteen years old, I didn't exactly discover epic fantasy on my own. I acquired it as a social defence mechanism. — Tansy Rayner Roberts