“We believe that we invent symbols. The truth is that they invent us; we are their creatures, shaped by their hard, defining… — Gene Wolfe Copy Share Image
“all time exists.that is the truth beyond the legends the epopts tell. if the future did not exist now, how could we… — Gene Wolfe Copy Share Image
“into my pocket. We believe that we invent symbols. The truth is that they invent us; we are their creatures, shaped by… — Gene Wolfe Copy Share Image
We believe that we invent symbols. The truth is that they invent us; we are their creatures, shaped by their hard, defining… — Gene Wolfe Copy Share Image
All time exists. That is the truth.... If the future did not exist now, how could we journey toward it? If the… — 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