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22 quotes by Tea Obreht

Téa Obreht (born Tea Bajraktarević on 30 September 1985) is an American novelist of Bosniak and Slovene ethnicity who was born in Belgrade, then the capital of Yugoslavia. She won the Orange Prize for Fiction in 2011 for The Tiger's Wife, her debut novel.
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At the end of the day, it's about the reader's attachment to and belief in the magical elements that make or break magical realism.

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My grandfather and I were very close.

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I grew up in Cyprus and Egypt, these fantastic places I remember fondly.

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A family has its own rituals and its own superstitions.

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The best fiction stays with you and changes you.

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Being taken seriously, for a young writer, is a wonderful form of encouragement, but at the same time, I don't think one should ever feel like... →

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When I hit a block, regardless of what I am writing, what the subject matter is, or what's going on in the plot, I go back and I read Pablo... →

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You never know what's going to happen in your life, and you never know what's going to happen in someone else's life either.

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When you're in a place, the details you focus on are different than details you focus on when you're writing about it.

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I am very interested in place, and the influences of place on characters.

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I do no writing while I'm in Belgrade visiting my grandma.

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I like dark subject matter. I'm not sure what that means about me!

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I think the mythology of death really ran away with me when I was very young.

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