Recreating the experience of, say, bereavement in my own head is pretty rough. I was used to switching off from emotions every day of my working life as a journalist, but in fiction, you have to feel it 100%, or… — Karen Traviss Copy Share Image
“We have complete choice as individuals: the only decisions we can take are our own. And yet so many species use the state of… — Karen Traviss Copy Share
If you take a shot at someone, you keep firing until they can no longer return fire. Wound them, and you have an angry… — Karen Traviss Copy Share
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… — Karen Traviss Copy Share
“Hope was evil. It seduced you, then it dropped you on your ass so hard and so fast that you were worse off than… — Karen Traviss Copy Share
“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… — Karen Traviss Copy Share
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… — Karen Traviss Copy Share
I fail to understand why gethes (Humans), talk about individuals versus society. They are the same thing. The action of every individual counts, and… — Karen Traviss Copy Share
“And nobody has the right to judge a soldier from the warmth and safety of their armchair.” — Karen Traviss Copy Share
“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… — Karen Traviss Copy Share
Characters have changed my mind about some very fundamental moral issues, and that's the real satisfaction in the way I write - the ultimate… — Karen Traviss Copy Share
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… — Karen Traviss Copy Share
“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?… — Karen Traviss Copy Share
“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… — Karen Traviss Copy Share
“So you want a knife, a nice sharp knife. You hone that blade to its limits. It even cuts through stone when you want… — Karen Traviss Copy Share
“They said the world was divided into those folks who ran away from danger, and those who ran toward it.” — Karen Traviss Copy Share
