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Photo reblogged from Bending anything black and white and read all over
This just happened. I jumped up and down in happiness and scared my cat.
In which Howl’s Moving Castle is featured on Jeopardy.
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‘Well, he’s fickle, careless, selfish, and hysterical,’ she said. ‘Half the time I think he doesn’t care what happens to anyone as long as he’s all right—but then I find out how awfully kind he’s been to someone. Then I think he’s kind just when it suits him—only then I find out he undercharges poor people. I don’t know, Your Majesty. He’s a mess.’
Sophie Hatter’s assessment of Howl to the King of Ingary.
HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE by Diana Wynne Jones
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Getting into Mrs. Fairfax’s conversation was rather like getting into a skipping rope. You had to choose the right moment. But once you were in, you were in.Howl’s Moving Castle, by Diana Wynne Jones
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Photo reblogged from A heart is a heavy burden...
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Photo reblogged from Celebrate Diana Wynne Jones!
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Chat reblogged from
- Movie Howl: What ever could this heavy feeling in my chest be?!
- Movie Sophie: A HEART IS A HEAVY BURDEN!
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- Book Howl: Urg...I have a horrible hangover.
- Book Sophie: It's called a heart, idiot, now fight. NOW.
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Chat reblogged from F-Yeah Book Howl
- PW: Was House of Many Ways easy or difficult for you to write?
- DWJ: I suppose, it was sort of [in the] middle. Because at the point where the Lubbock arrived I suddenly realized that the way I’d been conceiving the plot was not the way it was going to go, so this made me have to recoup and think furiously. I always knew that Howl was going to turn up as a small boy, because I’d tried that in various other contexts, actually--my house is filled with heaps of half-written books and one chapters and things--and I’d tried that and I knew he was going to come in, and this was the perfect venue for him. So that part was moderately easy, but the way it all wove in was--well, I wouldn’t say it was horribly difficult, because I find that the difficult ones are the ones where you have a huge philosophical point to think through, but it wasn’t one of the easiest, no.
- PW: Can you talk a little bit more about Howl being disguised as a totally enchanting but infuriating toddler in House of Many Ways?
- DWJ: He’s odious, really! This originated from Howl’s love of being someone else. Even in Howl’s Moving Castle, I think it’s Calcifer who says he loves having different names and being different people. And I took it on from there and I thought about him being--this is what he’d love to be--an absolutely infuriating but beautiful child, because he is very attentive to his own looks, and it sort of developed from there. It was fun to do, actually, when I finally got him in the right context. I felt also that he needed a slight change from being forced to be a genie as he was in [Castle in the Air].
- PW: Speaking of Howl, what was it like for you when Howl’s Moving Castle was made into a movie? Did it bring more attention to the books?
- DWJ: Oh, quite a lot more. Up until then, the Chrestomanci books had all the attention, and oddly enough there’s never been any kind of movie of them. Now the Howl books are being sought for all over the world, so that’s nice. And the procession of people, which was enormous already, has increased--doubled and tripled--of all the people who want to marry Howl. Now it seems to me that Howl would be one of the most dreadful husbands one could possibly imagine. But there are these thousands of girls who write and say “Is Howl real? I want to marry him.” All around the world. About the only place where they don’t seem to be wanting to marry him is India, I think. But everywhere else--Thailand, Taiwan, New Zealand, Spain, massive amounts from England and huge amounts from America too. It’s extraordinary.
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Photoset reblogged from sunshine cleaning
southwark playhouse’s howl’s moving castle production. i wish i live in london right now!
well, based on the photos i think they did some creative alterations, but all the same it’s still a dwj story. sophie looks like a punk girl with a hair like that haha X)
Howl’s Moving Castle Production Shots by Jane HobsonI’m so glad to see DWJ’s books reaching wider audiences. On a shallow note, I’m not sure I like Howl’s hair. The Miyazaki movie has spoiled me for all future versions of Howl, who is one of my favorite DWJ characters.
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Quote reblogged from I've lost my marbles.
“Yes, you are nosy. You’re a dreadfully nosy, horribly bossy, appallingly clean old woman. Control yourself. You’re victimizing us all.”
This quote perfectly encapsulates Howl and Sophie’s relationship, and why I read this book at least twice a year.
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I could go and play bad fairy at my own christening if I wanted. Maybe I did and that’s my trouble.Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
(Source: sabrinawrites)
