Best Anne McCaffrey Quotes
- I'm very fond of the Talent series, and also the Crystal Singer trio. Crystal
- Drummer, beat, and piper, blowHarper, strike, and soldier, goFree the flame and sear the grassesTil the dawning Red Star passes Beat
- Above us, outlined against the brilliant sky, dragons crowded every available perching space on the Rim. And the sun made a gold of every one… Available
- People have freaked out when I tell them that my dragons are scientifically based... what else can you call a genetically engineered life form? Based
- Tell a story! Don't try to impress your reader with style or vocabulary or neatly turned phrases. Tell the story first! Firsts
- I also don't have organized religion on Pern. I figured - since there were four holy wars going on at the time of writing -… Figured
- That's what writing is all about, after all, making others see what you have put down on the page and believing that it does, or… All
- The thing is, emotion - if it's visibly felt by the writer - will go through all the processes it takes to publish a story… All
- That's such a thrill - a story I wrote at the beginning of my career, and it's still packin' the house. Beginning
- What I used to do between writing fits was feed my kids, ride my horse and go shopping for cat and dog food. Cat
- Make no judgments where you have no compassion. Compassion
- Tell the readers a story! Because without a story, you are merely using words to prove you can string them together in logical sentences. Logical
- Make no judgements where you have no compassion. Compassion
- I have written my own screen version of Pern, but had no buyers yet. Buyers
- A good story is a good story no matter who wrote it. Good
- Writing has been so much a part of my life that I'm really quite annoyed that I can't do as much as I used to. Annoyed