Top 4 Quotes & Sayings by Humphrey Carpenter

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Last updated on December 22, 2024.

Humphrey William Bouverie Carpenter was an English biographer, writer, and radio broadcaster. He is known especially for his biographies of J. R. R. Tolkien and other members of the literary society the Inklings.

English - Author | August 29, 1946 - November 4, 2005

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I can write, He floated up to the ceiling, and a baby rabbit came out of his pocket, grew wings, and flew away. And you will believe that it really happened. That's magic, isn't it?

Humphrey Carpenter

Autobiography is probably the most respectable form of lying.

Humphrey Carpenter

The nice thing about being a writer is that you can make magic happen without learning tricks.

Humphrey Carpenter

You call a star a star, and say it is just a ball of matter moving on a mathematical course. But that is merely how you see it. By so naming things and describing them you are only inventing your own terms about them. And just as speech is invention about objects and ideas, so myth is invention about truth.

Humphrey Carpenter

Top 4 Quotes & Sayings by Humphrey Carpenter

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