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> [Games are getting more interesting. I mean, when we talk about books, they can be anything from a summer blockbuster to 'War and Peace' - well, games are the same. I think the creative side is catching up with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-traviss/games-are-getting-more-interesting-i-mean-when-we-talk-about-books/)

[Karen Traviss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-traviss/)

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## More by Karen Traviss

> [“We have complete choice as individuals: the only decisions we can take are our own. And yet so many species use the state of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-traviss/we-have-complete-choice-as-individuals-the-only-decisions-we-can-take/)

[Karen Traviss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-traviss/)

> [If you take a shot at someone, you keep firing until they can no longer return fire. Wound them, and you have an angry…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-traviss/if-you-take-a-shot-at-someone-you-keep-firing-until-they-can-no/)

[Karen Traviss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-traviss/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-traviss/i-d-probably-play-games-obsessively-if-i-didn-t-write-although-i/)

[Karen Traviss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-traviss/)

> [“Hope was evil. It seduced you, then it dropped you on your ass so hard and so fast that you were worse off than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-traviss/hope-was-evil-it-seduced-you-then-it-dropped-you-on-your-ass-so-hard/)

[Karen Traviss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-traviss/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-traviss/nowhere-does-it-say-free-speech-is-carte-blanche-to-be-a-jerk-and-don/)

[Karen Traviss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-traviss/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-traviss/i-ve-got-a-particular-way-of-writing-novels-and-that-carries-over/)

[Karen Traviss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-traviss/)

> [I fail to understand why gethes (Humans), talk about individuals versus society. They are the same thing. The action of every individual counts, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-traviss/i-fail-to-understand-why-gethes-humans-talk-about-individuals-versus/)

[Karen Traviss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-traviss/)

> [“And nobody has the right to judge a soldier from the warmth and safety of their armchair.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-traviss/and-nobody-has-the-right-to-judge-a-soldier-from-the-warmth-and/)

[Karen Traviss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-traviss/)

> [ “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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-traviss/any-sign-of-what-killed-him-scorch-let-s-ask-sev-he-s-a-dead-body/)

[Karen Traviss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-traviss/)

> [Characters have changed my mind about some very fundamental moral issues, and that's the real satisfaction in the way I write - the ultimate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-traviss/characters-have-changed-my-mind-about-some-very-fundamental-moral/)

[Karen Traviss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-traviss/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-traviss/people-lose-it-when-i-say-this-but-i-m-a-novelist-who-doesn-t-read/)

[Karen Traviss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-traviss/)

> [“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?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-traviss/oh-you-are-a-little-ray-of-sunshine-today-aren-t-you-now-look-at-your/)

[Karen Traviss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-traviss/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-traviss/sergeant-skirata-said-that-civvies-didn-t-have-a-clue-and-that-it-was/)

[Karen Traviss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-traviss/)

> [“So you want a knife, a nice sharp knife. You hone that blade to its limits. It even cuts through stone when you want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-traviss/so-you-want-a-knife-a-nice-sharp-knife-you-hone-that-blade-to-its/)

[Karen Traviss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-traviss/)

> [“They said the world was divided into those folks who ran away from danger, and those who ran toward it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-traviss/they-said-the-world-was-divided-into-those-folks-who-ran-away-from/)

[Karen Traviss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-traviss/)

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