“How beautiful a thing is youth Which flees us in every way. Whoever desires to be merry, let him; For tomorrow is never certain.… — Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Copy Share Image
I think it is probably more important to attend specialized conventions for a journeyman writer than any other, but it's useful at all stages… — Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Copy Share Image
If they aren't real enough to surprise me, then they aren't real enough to go on the page. — Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Copy Share Image
Art goes into the world unarmed, vulnerable to every quirk of fate, and it must survive only by its power to move men not… — Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Copy Share Image
Storylines are how characters create the plots involved in their stories. — Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Copy Share Image
“To Trazada's surprise the Generalissimo laughed, a great subterranean rumbling that shook his gigantic frame like an earthquake. 'Remedios, mia pobre Remedios, they are ignorant. They are afraid. They are stupid and superstitious. Why, most of them think that television is witchcraft and that because they are allowed to vote they have control over the government. And they know it… — Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Copy Share
“When it was cooler, Trazada made a simple meal of sausage, cheese, and bread. She had schooled herself to wait dinner until hunger urged… — Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Copy Share Image
Providing a writer isn't put off by conventions - and some are - attending them can be a nice break from the necessary isolation… — Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Copy Share Image
Very few editors worry about heresy - their goals are much too commercial, thank goodness. — Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Copy Share Image
