--- title: "3 Ansen Dibell Quotes - Famous Writer" description: "Ansen Dibell was the pen name used by Nancy Ann Dibble, an American science fiction author and poet, who also published books about fiction writing." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-ansen-dibell-80780.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Ansen Dibell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-ansen-dibell-80780.jpg) # Ansen Dibell (1942–2006) Writer **3** quotes in **37** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Ansen Dibell was a writer, best known for *Cosmic Critiques: How and Why Ten Science Fiction Stories Work*. ## Quick Facts About Ansen Dibell Born September 8, 1942 Died March 7, 2006 Profession Writer Notable works Cosmic Critiques: How and Why Ten Science Fiction Stories Work ## About Ansen Dibell Ansen Dibell was the pen name used by Nancy Ann Dibble, an American science fiction author and poet, who also published books about fiction writing. ## Quotes by Ansen Dibell > [Make everybody fall out of the plane first, and then explain who they were and why they were in the plane to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ansen-dibell/make-everybody-fall-out-of-the-plane-first-and-then-explain-who-they/) [Ansen Dibell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ansen-dibell/) [Fall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02d/ansen-dibell-80780_fall_make-everybody-fall-out-of-the-plane-fir_1240543.jpg) > [A knife can be a symbol, but it also better be able to cut string. And if it represent cutting free, cutting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ansen-dibell/a-knife-can-be-a-symbol-but-it-also-better-be-able-to-cut-string-and/) [Ansen Dibell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ansen-dibell/) [Able](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/able/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89b/ansen-dibell-80780_able_a-knife-can-be-a-symbol-but-it-also-bett_2579717.jpg) > [J.R.R.Tolkien has confessed that about a third of the way through The Fellowship of the Ring, some ruffian named Strider confronted the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ansen-dibell/j-r-r-tolkien-has-confessed-that-about-a-third-of-the-way-through-the/) [Ansen Dibell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ansen-dibell/) [Book](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/book/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/023/ansen-dibell-80780_book_j-r-r-tolkien-has-confessed-that-about-a_3008695.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ansen-dibell/#itemlist", "name": "Ansen Dibell Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Make everybody fall out of the plane first, and then explain who they were and why they were in the plane to begin with.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ansen Dibell" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ansen-dibell/make-everybody-fall-out-of-the-plane-first-and-then-explain-who-they/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02d/ansen-dibell-80780_fall_make-everybody-fall-out-of-the-plane-fir_1240543.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02d/ansen-dibell-80780_fall_make-everybody-fall-out-of-the-plane-fir_1240543.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02d/ansen-dibell-80780_fall_make-everybody-fall-out-of-the-plane-fir_1240543.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Make everybody fall out of the plane first, and then explain who they were and why they were in the plane to…” — Ansen Dibell", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A knife can be a symbol, but it also better be able to cut string. 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