--- title: "2 Beneath the surface Quotes By Charlie Jane Anders" description: "2 Beneath the surface quotes by Charlie Jane Anders. Plus more from Charlie Jane Anders and more Beneath the surface sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b64/charlie-jane-anders-14361_beneath-the-surface_genres-are-like-the-surface-of-the-ocean_2523543.jpg" --- > [Genres are like the surface of the ocean. There are waves and things moving, but you don't instantly see all the reefs and ecosystems that's happening beneath the surface.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-jane-anders/genres-are-like-the-surface-of-the-ocean-there-are-waves-and-things/) [Charlie Jane Anders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-jane-anders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b64/charlie-jane-anders-14361_beneath-the-surface_genres-are-like-the-surface-of-the-ocean_2523543.jpg) > [Storytelling is more like a skin. You start with the outermost layer, what it's going to look like, then you kind of get deeper into it. What's actually going on beneath the surface is not really dictated by or related…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-jane-anders/storytelling-is-more-like-a-skin-you-start-with-the-outermost-layer/) [Charlie Jane Anders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-jane-anders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a16/charlie-jane-anders-14361_beneath-the-surface_storytelling-is-more-like-a-skin-you-sta_2616602.jpg) ## Other authors on Beneath the surface - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-oscar-wilde-72846.jpg) Oscar Wilde 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beneath-the-surface/oscar-wilde/) ## More by Charlie Jane Anders > [“greatest natural disaster in America’s history. The storm’s supermassive fetch, hurling the already-swollen ocean onto land. High winds and twenty inches of rain shredding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-jane-anders/greatest-natural-disaster-in-america-s-history-the-storm-s/) [Charlie Jane Anders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-jane-anders/) > [People really don't understand the technology they're using. It's been talked about a lot. Apple products in particular are designed in such a way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-jane-anders/people-really-don-t-understand-the-technology-they-re-using-it-s-been/) [Charlie Jane Anders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-jane-anders/) > [“He was practicing active listening.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-jane-anders/he-was-practicing-active-listening/) [Charlie Jane Anders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-jane-anders/) > [“kids shouted, “Larry, Larry, Quite Contrary!” and held him underwater, and threw him out of the airplane early, and forced him to do improv…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-jane-anders/kids-shouted-larry-larry-quite-contrary-and-held-him-underwater-and/) [Charlie Jane Anders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-jane-anders/) > [“As Dorothy J. Heydt famously said, the eight deadliest words for any work of fiction are 'I don't care what happens to these people.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-jane-anders/as-dorothy-j-heydt-famously-said-the-eight-deadliest-words-for-any/) [Charlie Jane Anders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-jane-anders/) > [“The sheer volume of bad news had gotten beyond anybody’s ability to process into a narrative.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-jane-anders/the-sheer-volume-of-bad-news-had-gotten-beyond-anybody-s-ability-to/) [Charlie Jane Anders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-jane-anders/) > [“A society that has to burn witches to hold itself together is a society that has already failed, and just doesn’t know it yet.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-jane-anders/a-society-that-has-to-burn-witches-to-hold-itself-together-is-a/) [Charlie Jane Anders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-jane-anders/) > [“Now Laurence felt self-conscious. People should not see him having a crazy argument with his Caddy—with Peregrine. He hustled away from the beach, away…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-jane-anders/now-laurence-felt-self-conscious-people-should-not-see-him-having-a/) [Charlie Jane Anders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-jane-anders/) > [“The not-understanding was worse than anything else, it was like a mystery and a wound that couldn't heal and an unforgivable failure.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-jane-anders/the-not-understanding-was-worse-than-anything-else-it-was-like-a/) [Charlie Jane Anders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-jane-anders/) > [“What was it?” Serafina wandered off to look at yogurt-covered pretzels, probably annoyed at him for talking on the phone. Her long fingers lifted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-jane-anders/what-was-it-serafina-wandered-off-to-look-at-yogurt-covered-pretzels/) [Charlie Jane Anders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-jane-anders/) > [If you're a writer, you don't serve genres. Genres serve you. Like, if you're writing a science fiction story set on a spaceship, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-jane-anders/if-you-re-a-writer-you-don-t-serve-genres-genres-serve-you-like-if/) [Charlie Jane Anders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-jane-anders/) > [“When Laurence was old enough to do what he liked, he would be old enough to understand he couldn’t do what he liked.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-jane-anders/when-laurence-was-old-enough-to-do-what-he-liked-he-would-be-old/) [Charlie Jane Anders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-jane-anders/) > [“ONE DAY THE Singularity would elevate humans to cybernetic superbeings, and maybe then people would say what they meant. Probably not, though.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-jane-anders/one-day-the-singularity-would-elevate-humans-to-cybernetic/) [Charlie Jane Anders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-jane-anders/) > [“LAURENCE AND SERAFINA went to an organic burger place, locally sourced, etc., and Serafina talked about her emotional robots. “You won’t believe the heuristics.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-jane-anders/laurence-and-serafina-went-to-an-organic-burger-place-locally-sourced/) [Charlie Jane Anders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-jane-anders/) > [“It’s not a serious project,” Laurence said as they crossed Castro Street. “Milton doesn’t think the human race will still be here in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-jane-anders/it-s-not-a-serious-project-laurence-said-as-they-crossed-castro/) [Charlie Jane Anders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-jane-anders/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beneath-the-surface/charlie-jane-anders/#itemlist", "name": "2 Beneath the surface Quotes By Charlie Jane Anders", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Genres are like the surface of the ocean. 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