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Interview #319: Thus Spake the Creator, Entry #1

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This is a collection of quotes that were organized by Raina (presumably an old rasfwrj person) some time in 2001. Most of the original sources for the quotes she collected were found online, so those quotes aren’t included here. These are only the leftover quotes, and as a result we have no idea where they came from or when they were asked, unless there are clues in the text. Sometimes it’s not entirely clear if consecutive paragraphs are from different reports or the same report. We are, however, always searching for these lost interviews, and when we find them, we’ll delete the quotes from this collection. I’ll include Raina’s introductory comments below, along with a list of the categories, each of which links to a Google Doc containing a link to the original category and an annotated copy of the page’s original contents, linking to known sources and highlighting lost sources, which are the ones included here. Raina also drew from these interviews for her collection (and those quotes are not included here):

SOURCES

Letter to Tom McCormick: December 1993

Sense of Wonder interview: October 1994

Compuserve chat: October 19, 1994

AOL chat 1: October 21, 1994

AOL chat 2: October 21, 1994

Sci-fi Channel Interview: April 23, 1995

East of the Sun Con�Karl Johan Nor�n: June 16, 1995

East of the Sun Interview�Helena Lofgren: June 17, 1995

Balticon XXX�Bill Garrett: April 5, 1996

Balticon XXX�Pam Korda: April 6, 1996

ACOS Signing Report�Brian Ritchie: June 21, 1996

Compuserve chat: June 26, 1996

AOL chat 1: June 27, 1996

AOL chat 2: June 27, 1996

ACOS Signing Report�Hawk: August 4, 1996

ACOS Signing Report�Robert Watson: August 23, 1996

ACOS Signing Report�Lara Beaton: August 23, 1996

ACOS Signing Report�Greebs: August 25, 1996

ACOS Signing Report�Erica Sadun: October 9, 1996

ACOS Signing Report�Mike Lawson: October 12, 1996

AOL chat: October 19, 1996

DragonCon Sci-Fi Channel chat: June 28, 1997

Barnes and Noble chat: November 11, 1997

Waldenbooks Interview: October 1998

Barnes and Noble chat: October 19, 1998

TPOD Signing Report�Aaron Bergman: October 20, 1998

TPOD Signing Report�Pam Basham: October 22, 1998

TPOD Signing Report�Drew Gillmore: Octoer 24, 1998

TPOD Signing Report�Justin Howell: October 24, 1998

TPOD Signing Report�Chris Mullins: October 24, 1998

TPOD Signing Report�Rick Moen: October 25, 1998

TPOD Signing Report�Kevin Bartlett: October 29, 1998

Sci-fi.com chat: November 1, 1998

Amazon.com interview: November 6, 1998

TPOD Signing Report�Matthew Hunter: November 14, 1998

TPOD Signing Report�Michael Martin: November 15, 1998

TPOD Signing Report�John Hamby: November 18, 1998

TPOD Signing Report�Melinda Yin: November 18, 1998

TPOD Signing Report�John Nowacki: November 20, 1998

TPOD Signing Report�John Hamby: November 21, 1998

TPOD Signing Report�Rachel K. Warren: November 21, 1998

TPOD Signing Report�John Novak: November 21, 1998

Brisbane Signing Report�Joel Gilmore: September 21, 1999

Locus Magazine Interview: March 2000

Orbit interview: October 2000

Barnes and Noble chat: November 11, 2000

WH Signing Report�Ryan R.: November 12, 2000

Sci-fi.com chat: November 14, 2000

CNN chat: December 12, 2000

Author’s Table Interview: 2001

Leiden Signing Report�Aan’allein: April 2001

Amsterdam Signing Report�Aan’allein: April 5, 2001

Rotterdam Signing Report�Aan�allein: April 6, 2001

Dromen and Demonen chat: April 6, 2001

Elf Fantasy Fair�Aan’allein: April 7, 2001

Elf Fantasy Fair�Aan’allein: April 8, 2001

Interview with RJ�Kurafire: April 10, 2001

Marcon Report�Sorilea: May 2001

Raina

Below are collected various Jordan questions and answers, and reports from interviews. Not all quotes are guaranteed to be here, although I try to be thorough, and in some cases I’ve deleted answers that repeat material more or less verbatim. They are organized into categories by topic, and some are in more than one category, so you shouldn’t find it hard to find a quotation you’re looking for. Try ‘Miscellaneous’ if none of the categories seem to fit. As for such categories as ‘Sex and Sexuality’ and ‘Bela’�you asked the questions, I just sort them.

And please stop asking who killed Asmodean or if Moiraine will be back. ‘Read And Find Out’ is already far too long!

In several cases, the people who provided the quotes have included comments of their own on the questions or answers. As such, any interpretations of Jordan’s words do not necessarily represent my personal opinion. A few comments were written by me, and they are in blue text and signed Like this�Raina . so you should have no trouble working out which is which.

Robert Jordan Himself

How long will the series be, how long will it take, and does he know the end?

What if he dies before finishing it?

How did the series originate?

How does he go about writing the books?

What are his sources and inspirations?

What else has Jordan written?

What else is in the Wheel of Time universe?

What is he planning to write?

Fan reaction to the books

Spin-offs: movies and so forth

The Wheel of Time game

Fantasy as a genre

Jordan and Tolkien

Advice to aspiring writers

Guide Art and Cover Art

WoT versus reality

Themes of the series

What books does Jordan read?

Timing of events in the series

Workings of the Wheel

Women and Men

The One Power, the True Power, and channeling

The Dragon

The Heroes and the Horn

Tel’aran’rhiod and other dreams

The Age of Legends

Is he his characters?

Rand al’Thor

Mat Cauthon

Perrin Aybara

Egwene al’Vere

Nynaeve al’Meara/Mandragoran

Moiraine Damodred

Al’Lan Mandragoran

Min Farshaw

Elayne Trakand

Aviendha

Thom Merrilin

Faile ni Bashere t’Aybara

Berelain Paeron sur Paendrag

Tam and Kari al’Thor

Padan Fain

The Daughter of the Nine Moons

Birgitte and Gaidal Cain

Verin Mathwin

Cadsuane Melaidhrin

Galad Damodred

Sharina Melloy

The Shadow

The Black Ajah

The Forsaken

Shadar Logoth

Slayer

The White Tower

The Black Tower

Warders and the Bond

The Aiel

The Aelfinn and the Eelfinn

The Oath Rod

Language and the Old Tongue

The Ogier

Geography

Theology

Prophecy

Blademasters

Other Lands (Shara, Seanchan, the Land of the Madmen)

Sex and Sexuality

Bela

Trivia

Miscellaneous

Read and Find Out!

Questions for the future

Raina’s Hold

Contributing

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