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> [Being a writer, writing for a living, is one long persistence game. Everyone wants you to quit. Quite often, you want to quit. You get kicked down. You come up swinging. You keep going. Either you are committed to it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kameron-hurley/being-a-writer-writing-for-a-living-is-one-long-persistence-game/)

[Kameron Hurley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kameron-hurley/)

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## More by Kameron Hurley

> [I'm terribly particular about what I read: lush writing, secondary world or seriously far-out science fiction, strong worldbuilding, dynamic characters. I need to have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kameron-hurley/i-m-terribly-particular-about-what-i-read-lush-writing-secondary/)

[Kameron Hurley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kameron-hurley/)

> [“Living is the purpose, Roh. For however long we have to do it, we live. That's all. That's all the ever was." "We aren't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kameron-hurley/living-is-the-purpose-roh-for-however-long-we-have-to-do-it-we-live/)

[Kameron Hurley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kameron-hurley/)

> [“Nyx was a lot of things, but forgettable wasn't one of them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kameron-hurley/nyx-was-a-lot-of-things-but-forgettable-wasn-t-one-of-them/)

[Kameron Hurley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kameron-hurley/)

> ['The Stars are Legion' is part space opera, part thriller, about two warring families battling it out for control over a legion of organic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kameron-hurley/the-stars-are-legion-is-part-space-opera-part-thriller-about-two/)

[Kameron Hurley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kameron-hurley/)

> [“Nyx was not a nice woman. She knew she didn’t deal with nice women. But she also knew the worst sorts of things these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kameron-hurley/nyx-was-not-a-nice-woman-she-knew-she-didn-t-deal-with-nice-women-but/)

[Kameron Hurley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kameron-hurley/)

> [“We all create the stories we need to survive”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kameron-hurley/we-all-create-the-stories-we-need-to-survive/)

[Kameron Hurley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kameron-hurley/)

> [“independence is one of the greatest delusions of youth”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kameron-hurley/independence-is-one-of-the-greatest-delusions-of-youth/)

[Kameron Hurley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kameron-hurley/)

> [I understand that space travel and expansion is just as much about altering ourselves, our attitudes, our social structures, our very biology, as it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kameron-hurley/i-understand-that-space-travel-and-expansion-is-just-as-much-about/)

[Kameron Hurley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kameron-hurley/)

> [I want to be constantly in awe of the possibilities of the universe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kameron-hurley/i-want-to-be-constantly-in-awe-of-the-possibilities-of-the-universe/)

[Kameron Hurley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kameron-hurley/)

> [When I was a kid, I watched a lot of 'Twilight Zone.' My mother was obsessed with the show, as it was a staple…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kameron-hurley/when-i-was-a-kid-i-watched-a-lot-of-twilight-zone-my-mother-was/)

[Kameron Hurley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kameron-hurley/)

> [Short fiction isn't my natural form. It's taken a lot of work over the years to finally feel more comfortable writing stories under 80,000 words!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kameron-hurley/short-fiction-isn-t-my-natural-form-it-s-taken-a-lot-of-work-over-the/)

[Kameron Hurley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kameron-hurley/)

> [Know that you're gonna screw up, and be OK with it, and do better next time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kameron-hurley/know-that-you-re-gonna-screw-up-and-be-ok-with-it-and-do-better-next/)

[Kameron Hurley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kameron-hurley/)

> [I don't like to write about things that bore me, and that means I steer far clear of writing books that are just like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kameron-hurley/i-don-t-like-to-write-about-things-that-bore-me-and-that-means-i/)

[Kameron Hurley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kameron-hurley/)

> [“Rumour has it you've turned castration into an occupation." "You go cutting one guy's cock off and you never hear the end of it,"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kameron-hurley/rumour-has-it-you-ve-turned-castration-into-an-occupation-you-go/)

[Kameron Hurley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kameron-hurley/)

> [“Perhaps every society is a utopia when you fail to peel up all the layers and look at what's underneath”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kameron-hurley/perhaps-every-society-is-a-utopia-when-you-fail-to-peel-up-all-the/)

[Kameron Hurley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kameron-hurley/)

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