“To be a poet, I realized, a true poet, was to become the Avatar of humanity incarnate; to accept the mantle of… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
Doing a life study while drunk and in the process of being seduced is never a formula for quality art. — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
There's a unique bond of trust between readers and authors that I don't believe exists in any other art form; as a… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
“That’s what writers and artists and creators do, boy. Listen to the Void and try to hear dead folks’ thoughts. Feel their… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
“Seduction, he knew, was both science and art—a blend of skill, discipline, proximity, and opportunity. Mostly proximity.” — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
Seduction... was both a science and art - a blend of skill, discipline, proximity, and opportunity. Mostly proximity. — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
Nothing helps an artist's career more than a little death and obscurity. — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
“For our race to achieve the true satori, for us to move to that next level of consciousness and evolution that so… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
“Well, nothing helps an artist’s career more than a little death and obscurity, I always say.” — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
“That’s all! Now either leave us alone or join us as a father rather than a receiver of sacrifices. You have the choice of… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
“The Song of Kali is with us. It has been with us for a very long time. Its chorus grows and grows and grows.… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
“In the end, thought Sol, past logic and hope, it is dreams and the love of those dearest to us that form Abraham’s answer… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
“After seven centuries of existence and at least four centuries where few citizens existed without it, the datasphere – including the All Thing and… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
Pain is an interesting and off-putting thing. Few if any things in life concentrate our attention so completely and terribly, and few things are… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
Luckily, even as a young man not yet become himself, John Bridgens had two things besides indecision that kept him from self-destruction - books… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
“To be a poet, I realized, a true poet, was to become the Avatar of humanity incarnate; to accept the mantle of poet is… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
Those who ignore history's lessons in the ultimate folly of war are forced to do more than relive them ... they may be forced… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
“The day before the Queen's Ball, Father had a visitor--a very young girl with literary aspirations, someone Lord Lytton had recommended visit Father and… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
You've probably heard about the theory of steam-engine time - that even after the steam engine had been invented, it had to wait until… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
“THERE WILL BE NO FURTHER MISUSE OF THIS CHANNEL. YOU ARE DISTURBING OTHERS WHO ARE USING IT TO SERIOUS PURPOSE. ACCESS WILL BE RESTORED… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
