You count snouts,” Straha said. “Whichever side can persuade most snouts to join it prevails. It does not have to be clever. It does not have to be wise. It only needs to be popular. — Harry Turtledove Copy Share Image
You can write better about a place you've seen for yourself. You don't have to have been there - I've sure written about places I've never seen - but it does help. — Harry Turtledove Copy Share Image
“People you don't like are pigheaded. Your friends are stubborn, or hold to their purpose.~Victor Radcliff” — Harry Turtledove Copy Share Image
Plausible development, building from what we know about what really did go on, and a whacking good story… Surrounded by Enemies delivers on both,… — Harry Turtledove Copy Share Image
I learned by reading an awful lot and by writing a half a million words of stuff nobody would do anything with except wrap… — Harry Turtledove Copy Share Image
“They were having a good time, an adventure. That was January’s dominant impression of his companions in the 509th; despite all the bitching and… — Harry Turtledove Copy Share Image
“He gathered enthusiasm when he thought of the goal, and not the means by which he had accomplished it.” — Harry Turtledove Copy Share Image
“You know what Forrest had the nerve to do?” “Son of a bitch has the nerve to do damn near anything. That's what makes… — Harry Turtledove Copy Share Image
I first tried a novel when I was 14. First finished one when I was 16. First started working on stuff that had a… — Harry Turtledove Copy Share Image
“He said, “You misunderstand. We did not kill the nuggies and the other folk hereabouts. They see us, and then they commonly die.” “Of… — Harry Turtledove Copy Share Image
