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I think that the way of bringing realism into fantasy is to treat it as the commonplace.

Realism isn't something most people associate with the fantasy genre, yet it's an essential element of great fantasy writing.

I have always loved magic realism as a form of writing. I have also been fascinated for a long time with the intersection of science and religion.

There is magic in my universe, but it's pretty low magic compared to other fantasies.

I am a fan of magic and fantasy, particularly when it's grounded in reality.

Magic Realism is not new. The label's new, the specific Latin American form of it is new, its modern popularity is new, but it's been around as long as literature has been around.

I think every fantasy reader secretly believes they know how magic works.

One of the things that Teller and I are obsessed with, one of the reasons that we're in magic, is the difference between fantasy and reality.

I've kind of come to the conclusion that what passes for realism in movies has nothing to do with reality and that my stuff is more realistic than that.

I hate that which we have decided to call realism, even though I have been made one of its high priests.