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> [To write good SF today...you must push further and harder, reach deeper into your own mind until you break through into the strange and terrible country wherein live your own dreams.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gardner-dozois/to-write-good-sf-today-you-must-push-further-and-harder-reach-deeper/)

Gardner Dozois

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## More by Gardner Dozois

> [To write good SF today...you must push further and harder, reach deeper into your own mind until you break through into the strange and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gardner-dozois/to-write-good-sf-today-you-must-push-further-and-harder-reach-deeper/)

Gardner Dozois

> [Persistence is worth at least as much as talent. The writing life is not a series of gentle encouragements. It's more like a series…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gardner-dozois/persistence-is-worth-at-least-as-much-as-talent-the-writing-life-is/)

Gardner Dozois

> [ I pulled out the manuscript \[from the envelope\] and a great big stiff cardboard finger sprung up. This is someone that was so certain… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gardner-dozois/i-pulled-out-the-manuscript-from-the-envelope-and-a-great-big-stiff/)

Gardner Dozois

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