Writing Quotes by Ursula K. Le Guin
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Ursula K. Le Guin describes writing as a kind of translation, a mysterious process that turns ideas into stories without the writer’s full control. She sees narrative as a social tool that lets people build worlds together, especially in science fiction and fantasy. Her own practice is simple: sit down, write, and keep doing it until the story learns how to tell itself.
![“...[T]he only means I have to stop ignorant snobs from behaving towards genre fiction with snobbish ignorance is to not reinforce their ignorance and snobbery by lying and saying that when I write SF it isn't SF, but to tell them more or less patiently for forty or fifty years that they are wrong…” quote by Ursula K. Le Guin](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/bfb/ursula-k-le-guin-138_books_t-he-only-means-i-have-to-stop-ignorant_1813191.jpg)
![“Do remember, though, that unless you're a playwright, the result [dialogue] isn't what you want; it's only an element of what you want. Actors embody and re-create the words of drama. In fiction, a tremendous amount of story and character may be given through the dialogue, but the story-world and…” quote by Ursula K. Le Guin](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/ccc/ursula-k-le-guin-138_actors_do-remember-though-that-unless-you-re-a_2836249.jpg)
