We think that we know a man or a woman, when so much of what we know is actually that man's or… — Gene Wolfe Copy Share Image
That was when I found out that the best way in the world to make yourself feel better when you have hit… — Gene Wolfe Copy Share Image
“Each of us finds his way, his place; we rattle around the universe until everything fits; this is life; this is science,… — Gene Wolfe Copy Share Image
You seem to think that the only genuine existence evil can have is conscious existence - that no one is evil unless… — Gene Wolfe Copy Share Image
My whole life experience feeds into my writing. I think that must be true for every writer. Clearly the Army and combat… — Gene Wolfe Copy Share Image
A hundred wise men have said in various ways that love transcends the power of death, and millions of fools have supposed… — Gene Wolfe Copy Share Image
“Here is light. You will say that it is not a living entity, but you miss the point that it is more,… — Gene Wolfe Copy Share Image
Woody Allen once said: "You know there must be intelligent life in space. The question is do they have good Chinese restaurants… — Gene Wolfe Copy Share Image
“And it came to me that these trees had been hardly smaller when I was yet unborn, and had stood as they… — Gene Wolfe Copy Share Image
“And what of the dead? I own that I thought of myself, at times, almost as dead. Are they not locked below… — Gene Wolfe Copy Share Image
“I would like [my readers] to better understand human beings and human life as a result of having read [my] stories. I'd… — Gene Wolfe Copy Share Image
“[T]he very existence of such powers argues a counterforce. We call powers of the first kind dark, though they may use a… — Gene Wolfe Copy Share Image
Some writers say they cannot write in front of a window; many say they cannot function without almost perfect quiet. A writer with only… — Gene Wolfe Copy Share
“Sometimes driven aground by the photon storms, by the swirling of the galaxies, clockwise and counterclockwise, ticking with light down the dark sea-corridors lined… — Gene Wolfe Copy Share
Ambiguity is necessary in some of my stories, not in all. In those, it certainly contributes to the richness of the story. I doubt… — Gene Wolfe Copy Share
“There are beings—and artifacts—against which we batter our intelligence raw, and in the end make peace with reality only by saying, “It was an… — Gene Wolfe Copy Share
Science has so accustomed us to devising and accepting theories to account for the facts we observe, however fantastic, that our minds must begin… — Gene Wolfe Copy Share
“The experienced feel love or desire, or both. The inexperienced are sick with a thousand feelings, most of them unformed: fearful that they may… — Gene Wolfe Copy Share
“For those who have never attended a science fiction convention, masquerades are features of most of the larger ones. Awards are presented for best… — Gene Wolfe Copy Share
“He had a wild yellow beard and long, tangled hair that stood out from his head in a way that made it seem too… — Gene Wolfe Copy Share
“For after all, if the lives of most men are examined in detail, it will be found that they have been experts of immense… — Gene Wolfe Copy Share
You never learn how to write a novel. You just learn how to write the novel that you're writing. — Gene Wolfe Copy Share
“...the progress of science depends much less upon either theoretical considerations or systematic investigation than is commonly believed, but rather on the transmittal of… — Gene Wolfe Copy Share
“Whatever we may say, all of us suffer from disturbed sleep at times. Some in truth hardly sleep, though some who sleep copiously swear… — Gene Wolfe Copy Share
“. . .Consciousness came and went. Consciousness went and came like the errant winds of spring, and I, who so often have had difficulty… — Gene Wolfe Copy Share
![“I would like [my readers] to better understand human beings and human life as a result of having read [my] stories. I'd like them to feel that this was an experience that made things better for them and an experience that gave them hope. I think that the kind of things that we talk about at this…” quote by Gene Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/010/gene-wolfe-2530_books_i-would-like-my-readers-to-better-unders_1168633.jpg)
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