--- title: "3 Gardner Dozois Quotes - Famous Novelist (Year's Best Science Fiction)" description: "Gardner Raymond Dozois was an American science fiction author and editor. Browse 3 Gardner Dozois quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-gardner-dozois-36845.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Gardner Dozois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-gardner-dozois-36845.jpg) # Gardner Dozois (1947–2018) Novelist United States **3** quotes in **42** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Gardner Dozois was a novelist from the United States, best known for *Year's Best Science Fiction*. ## Quick Facts About Gardner Dozois Born July 23, 1947 Died May 27, 2018 Nationality United States Profession Novelist Notable works Year's Best Science Fiction Known for Asimov's Science Fiction Spouse Susan Casper ## About Gardner Dozois Gardner Raymond Dozois was an American science fiction author and editor. He was the founding editor of The Year's Best Science Fiction anthologies (1984–2018) and was editor of Asimov's Science Fiction (1986–2004), garnering multiple Hugo and Locus Awards for those works almost every year. He also won the Nebula Award for Best Short Story twice. He was inducted to the Science Fiction Hall of Fame on June 25, 2011. ## Awards & Honors Nebula Award for Best Short Story World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame Locus Award for Best Anthology ## Quotes by Gardner Dozois > [To write good SF today...you must push further and harder, reach deeper into your own mind until you break through into the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gardner-dozois/to-write-good-sf-today-you-must-push-further-and-harder-reach-deeper/) [Gardner Dozois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gardner-dozois/) [Break](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/break/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/188/gardner-dozois-84936_break_to-write-good-sf-today-you-must-push-fur_1986838.jpg) > [Persistence is worth at least as much as talent. The writing life is not a series of gentle encouragements. It's more like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gardner-dozois/persistence-is-worth-at-least-as-much-as-talent-the-writing-life-is/) [Gardner Dozois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gardner-dozois/) [Brutal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/brutal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b91/gardner-dozois-84936_brutal_persistence-is-worth-at-least-as-much-as_2161156.png) > [ I pulled out the manuscript \[from the envelope\] and a great big stiff cardboard finger sprung up. 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