Science has so accustomed us to devising and accepting theories to account for the facts we observe, however fantastic, that our minds… — Gene Wolfe Copy Share Image
“Certain mystes aver that the real world has been constructed by the human mind, since our ways are governed by the artificial… — Gene Wolfe Copy Share Image
Do not start a story unless you have an ending in mind. You can change the story's ending if you wish, but… — Gene Wolfe Copy Share Image
“Seeing him brought in, has, I think, saved me from losing my mind; for that I do not thank him-sanity, after all… — Gene Wolfe Copy Share Image
“Just as the room of the Inquisitor in Dr. Talos's play, with its high judicial bench, lurked somewhere at the lowest level… — Gene Wolfe Copy Share Image
Certain mystes aver that the real world has been constructed by the human mind, since our ways are governed by the artificial… — Gene Wolfe Copy Share Image
“We talk of strong personalities, and they are strong, until the not-every-day when we see them as we might see one woman… — Gene Wolfe Copy Share Image
Some writers say they cannot write in front of a window; many say they cannot function without almost perfect quiet. A writer with only… — Gene Wolfe Copy Share Image
“Sometimes driven aground by the photon storms, by the swirling of the galaxies, clockwise and counterclockwise, ticking with light down the dark sea-corridors lined… — Gene Wolfe Copy Share Image
Ambiguity is necessary in some of my stories, not in all. In those, it certainly contributes to the richness of the story. I doubt… — Gene Wolfe Copy Share Image
“There are beings—and artifacts—against which we batter our intelligence raw, and in the end make peace with reality only by saying, “It was an… — Gene Wolfe Copy Share Image
Science has so accustomed us to devising and accepting theories to account for the facts we observe, however fantastic, that our minds must begin… — Gene Wolfe Copy Share Image
“The experienced feel love or desire, or both. The inexperienced are sick with a thousand feelings, most of them unformed: fearful that they may… — Gene Wolfe Copy Share Image
“For those who have never attended a science fiction convention, masquerades are features of most of the larger ones. Awards are presented for best… — Gene Wolfe Copy Share Image
“He had a wild yellow beard and long, tangled hair that stood out from his head in a way that made it seem too… — Gene Wolfe Copy Share Image
“For after all, if the lives of most men are examined in detail, it will be found that they have been experts of immense… — Gene Wolfe Copy Share Image
You never learn how to write a novel. You just learn how to write the novel that you're writing. — Gene Wolfe Copy Share Image