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> [I've got a particular way of writing novels, and that carries over into the way I write comics and games, too. I'm a news journalist by background, so I approach everything as reporting - I treat it as real, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-traviss/i-ve-got-a-particular-way-of-writing-novels-and-that-carries-over/)

[Karen Traviss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-traviss/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e90/karen-traviss-7852_approach_i-ve-got-a-particular-way-of-writing-nov_191021.jpg)

> [If you go back and look at the early promos for Gears 1, you'll see just how different the characters were from the actual first game, both in appearance and background. And it's an evolutionary process.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-traviss/if-you-go-back-and-look-at-the-early-promos-for-gears-1-you-ll-see/)

[Karen Traviss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-traviss/)

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## More by Karen Traviss

> [“We have complete choice as individuals: the only decisions we can take are our own. And yet so many species use the state of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-traviss/we-have-complete-choice-as-individuals-the-only-decisions-we-can-take/)

[Karen Traviss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-traviss/)

> [If you take a shot at someone, you keep firing until they can no longer return fire. Wound them, and you have an angry…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-traviss/if-you-take-a-shot-at-someone-you-keep-firing-until-they-can-no/)

[Karen Traviss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-traviss/)

> [I'd probably play games obsessively if I didn't write, although I admit I don't read novels partly because I don't enjoy it, not just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-traviss/i-d-probably-play-games-obsessively-if-i-didn-t-write-although-i/)

[Karen Traviss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-traviss/)

> [“Hope was evil. It seduced you, then it dropped you on your ass so hard and so fast that you were worse off than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-traviss/hope-was-evil-it-seduced-you-then-it-dropped-you-on-your-ass-so-hard/)

[Karen Traviss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-traviss/)

> [“Nowhere does it say free speech is carte blanche to be a jerk. And don't cheapen real free speech by hijacking an honourable concept…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-traviss/nowhere-does-it-say-free-speech-is-carte-blanche-to-be-a-jerk-and-don/)

[Karen Traviss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-traviss/)

> [I've got a particular way of writing novels, and that carries over into the way I write comics and games, too. I'm a news…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-traviss/i-ve-got-a-particular-way-of-writing-novels-and-that-carries-over/)

[Karen Traviss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-traviss/)

> [I fail to understand why gethes (Humans), talk about individuals versus society. They are the same thing. The action of every individual counts, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-traviss/i-fail-to-understand-why-gethes-humans-talk-about-individuals-versus/)

[Karen Traviss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-traviss/)

> [“And nobody has the right to judge a soldier from the warmth and safety of their armchair.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-traviss/and-nobody-has-the-right-to-judge-a-soldier-from-the-warmth-and/)

[Karen Traviss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-traviss/)

> [ “Any sign of what killed him, Scorch?" "Let's ask Sev. He's a dead-body-ologist." \[Sev examines the body and its arm falls off\] "Yep, he's… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-traviss/any-sign-of-what-killed-him-scorch-let-s-ask-sev-he-s-a-dead-body/)

[Karen Traviss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-traviss/)

> [Characters have changed my mind about some very fundamental moral issues, and that's the real satisfaction in the way I write - the ultimate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-traviss/characters-have-changed-my-mind-about-some-very-fundamental-moral/)

[Karen Traviss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-traviss/)

> [People lose it when I say this, but I'm a novelist who doesn't read novels. There are lots of good reasons for not reading…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-traviss/people-lose-it-when-i-say-this-but-i-m-a-novelist-who-doesn-t-read/)

[Karen Traviss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-traviss/)

> [“Oh, you are a little ray of sunshine today, aren’t you? Now, look at your progesterone levels. Still higher than normal. Are you pregnant?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-traviss/oh-you-are-a-little-ray-of-sunshine-today-aren-t-you-now-look-at-your/)

[Karen Traviss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-traviss/)

> [“Sergeant Skirata said that civvies didn't have a clue, and that it was alright for them to have lofty ideas about peace and freedom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-traviss/sergeant-skirata-said-that-civvies-didn-t-have-a-clue-and-that-it-was/)

[Karen Traviss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-traviss/)

> [“So you want a knife, a nice sharp knife. You hone that blade to its limits. It even cuts through stone when you want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-traviss/so-you-want-a-knife-a-nice-sharp-knife-you-hone-that-blade-to-its/)

[Karen Traviss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-traviss/)

> [“They said the world was divided into those folks who ran away from danger, and those who ran toward it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-traviss/they-said-the-world-was-divided-into-those-folks-who-ran-away-from/)

[Karen Traviss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-traviss/)

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