Anne McCaffrey quotes

Make no judgements where you have no compassion. (Anne McCaffrey)
A good story is a good story no matter who wrote it. View quote
Anne McCaffrey
Mostly I'm telling people that they don't have to be victims. View quote
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What I used to do between writing fits was feed my kids, ride my horse and go shopping for cat and dog food. View quote
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A real scientist solves problems, not wails that they are unsolvable. View quote
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I did not have a chance to write novels until my youngest child started school fulltime. View quote
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I wouldn't encourage new writers to start off publishing through electronic media... it still isn't wide enough for the readership they would need to get a good start. View quote
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I have a shelf of comfort books, which I read when the world closes in on me or something untoward happens. View quote
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Who wills, Can. Who tries, Does. Who loves, Lives. View quote
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The blackest night must end in dawn, the light dispel the dreamer's fear. View quote
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How much can a dragon carry? As much as it thinks it can. (Anne McCaffrey)
Step by step Moment by moment We live through Another day. View quote
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Fight only in direst need Not for lust or petty greed Honor those that do give birth Respect them well for their full worth. View quote
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That's what writing is all about, after all, making others see what you have put down on the page and believing that it does, or could, exist and you want to go there. View quote
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I do outlines when I'm writing with someone, but they also need to have a certain amount of freedom. View quote
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At age 77, I need the help of someone with more energy than I can now summon to finish a book. View quote
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I also don't have organized religion on Pern. I figured - since there were four holy wars going on at the time of writing - that religion was one problem Pern didn't need. View quote
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To cry was to release all sorts of ugly little pressures and tensions. Like waking out of a long, dark dream to a sun-filled day. View quote
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Drummer, beat, and piper, blowHarper, strike, and soldier, goFree the flame and sear the grassesTil the dawning Red Star passes. View quote
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People have freaked out when I tell them that my dragons are scientifically based... what else can you call a genetically engineered life form? View quote
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Necessity breeds solution. (Anne McCaffrey)
I have my good days and my bad days, but I don't have as much energy as I used to back when I was young and foolish and didn't count the cost - and it takes a lot - to write. View quote
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I'm very fond of the Talent series, and also the Crystal Singer trio. View quote
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Writing has been so much a part of my life that I'm really quite annoyed that I can't do as much as I used to. View quote
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But I will say that living in Ireland has changed the cadence and fullness of speech, since the Irish love words and use as many of them in a sentence as possible. View quote
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