Harry Turtledove

People were as they were, not not as he wished them to be.

— Harry Turtledove

“when we awoke someone had stolen the sea.”

— Harry Turtledove

“the Romans, spring and early”

— Harry Turtledove

Many things are possible. Few things are certain.

— Harry Turtledove

“Possum soup, all nice and thick with peanuts,”

— Harry Turtledove

I'm a social caterpillar. I am not a social butterfly

— Harry Turtledove

“He gathered enthusiasm when he thought of the goal, and not the means by which he had accomplished it.”

— Harry Turtledove

“People you don't like are pigheaded. Your friends are stubborn, or hold to their purpose.~Victor Radcliff”

— Harry Turtledove

Fiction has to be plausible. All history has to do is happen.

— Harry Turtledove

A horsefly can't do a horse much real damage, but it can drive it wild anyhow.

— Harry Turtledove

“Well, I might even get used to the idea that she had no tail.”

— Harry Turtledove

“For some idiot reason, the idea of going into the drink with a misspelled safety device weirded Bryce out.”

— Harry Turtledove

“At my age, I find I must be careful of my sleep, for I need it more but have more trouble winning…

— Harry Turtledove

People you don't like are pigheaded. Your friends are stubborn, or hold to their purpose.

— Harry Turtledove

You count snouts,” Straha said. “Whichever side can persuade most snouts to join it prevails. It does not have to be clever.…

— Harry Turtledove

People you don't like are pigheaded. Your friends are stubborn, or hold to their purpose.~ Victor Radcliff in The United States of…

— Harry Turtledove

I first tried a novel when I was 14. First finished one when I was 16. First started working on stuff that…

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Plausible development, building from what we know about what really did go on, and a whacking good story… Surrounded by Enemies delivers…

— Harry Turtledove

“He said, “You misunderstand. We did not kill the nuggies and the other folk hereabouts. They see us, and then they commonly…

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I do first draft in longhand, which saves a lot of rewriting. I try to get a certain amount done each day.…

— Harry Turtledove

I learned by reading an awful lot and by writing a half a million words of stuff nobody would do anything with…

— Harry Turtledove

“You know what I mean. Is it true the folk hereabouts”—he pointed to the land ahead—“are cripples? Missing half their hindquarters?” “The…

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“Caudell hadn't touched a firearm since he left the army. His hands, he discovered, still knew what to do. The smell of…

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“That anyone would want to be famous still mystified Colin. As TV had trained him to do, he associated the word with…

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“...all the pools are going batshit like you wouldn't believe… Batshit... It's a technical term... Fleidermausscheisse, okay?" Fleidermausscheisse? Kelly silently mouthed the…

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“You know what Forrest had the nerve to do?” “Son of a bitch has the nerve to do damn near anything. That's…

— Harry Turtledove

“They were having a good time, an adventure. That was January’s dominant impression of his companions in the 509th; despite all the…

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“If dogs had gods, those they worshiped would wag their tails and bark. If sheep had gods, they would follow woolly deities…

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You can write better about a place you've seen for yourself. You don't have to have been there - I've sure written…

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...Do you see things in black and white, or are there shades of gray for you?" "I hope there's gray...Black and white…

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“Somewhere near the Alamo, a bugle brayed: either that or McCulloch’s men had found some reason to torture a poor, defenseless donkey.”

— Harry Turtledove