About a year after (my stories began being published), magazine editor George Scithers, suggested to me that since I was so new at being published, I must be very close to what I had to learn to move from fooling… — Barry B. Longyear Copy Share
As a child I used to watch clouds, and in them, see faces, castles, animals, dragons, and giants. It was a world of escape--fantasy;… — Barry B. Longyear Copy Share Image
“Fairness is an illusion. Neither effort nor intention holds title to the nature or form of either the present or the future. And if the sincere effort has no title, what interest can the bellow or the lamentation hold?" - Davigde. "The humans on Amadeen have a different way of saying it... Tough shit." - Yazi Ro” — Barry B. Longyear Copy Share
About a year after (my stories began being published), magazine editor George Scithers, suggested to me that since I was so new at being published, I must be very close to what I had to learn to move from fooling around with writing to actually producing professional stories. There are a lot of aspiring writers out there who would like… — Barry B. Longyear Copy Share
“Sharks don't kill because they're poor, criminal, insane, or repressed. A shark kills because it's a shark.” — Barry B. Longyear Copy Share Image
The goal is not writing. The goal is being a human being writing. — Barry B. Longyear Copy Share Image
Stories are not about ideas, gimmicks, or places. Stories are about people. People are about feelings! — Barry B. Longyear Copy Share Image
