Anne McCaffrey quotes - page 2

That's such a thrill - a story I wrote at the beginning of my career, and it's still packin' the house. (Anne McCaffrey)
Because we build the worlds we wouldn't mind living in. They contain scary things, problems, but also a sense of rightness that makes them alive and makes us want to live there. View quote
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I'm 78, I'm on my pension in Ireland, and all that good stuff. View quote
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I didn't raise Todd to be a writer, but he happened to be one anyway. View quote
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But Ship Who Sang remains my favorite story. I really rocked folks with that and still cannot read it aloud myself without weeping at the end. View quote
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The thing is, emotion - if it's visibly felt by the writer - will go through all the processes it takes to publish a story and still hit the reader right in the gut. But you have to really mean it. View quote
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I would recommend the short story form, which is a lot harder to write since you have to be so careful with words, until there is plenty of time to doodle through a novel. View quote
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I think writers need windows on a view to remind them that a whole world is out there, not the minutiae with which they might be dealing on a close scale. View quote
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I have always used emotion as a writing tool. That goes back to me being on the stage. View quote
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I think the Internet, particularly the availability of information, is great. I do a lot of correspondence on-line and have a chat line to talk to my fans as well. View quote
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I don't often reread my own books, unless I am going into another in the series and need to refresh my mood when originating the concept. (Anne McCaffrey)
There's something wrong in not appreciating one's own special abilities, my girl. Find your own limitations, yes, but don't limit yourself with false modesty. View quote
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Fear has its uses but cowardice has none. View quote
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Don't leave me alone! A cry in the night, Of anguish heart-stiking, Of soul-killing fright. Live for my living Or else I must die Don't leave me alone. A world heard that cry. View quote
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Oh, Tongue, give sound to joy and sing Of hope and promise on dragonwing. View quote
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be you and not someone else. View quote
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Maybes never are. View quote
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Harper, your song has a sorrowful sound, Though the tune was written as gay. Your voice is sad and your hands are slow And your eye meeting mine turns away. View quote
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Dragon kind was no less cruel than mankind. The Dragon, at least, acted from bestial need rather than bestial greed.” ~ A thought by Lessa ~. View quote
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When bad fortune occurs, the unresourceful, unimaginative man looks about him to attach the blame to someone else; the resolute accepts misfortune and endeavors to survive, mature, and improve because of it. View quote
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He is crooked enough to hide behind a spiral staircase. (Anne McCaffrey)
I have written my own screen version of Pern, but had no buyers yet. View quote
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