Jean M. Auel

I have heard Science Fiction and Fantasy referred to as the fiction of ideas, and I like that definition, but it's the…

— Jean M. Auel

From the beginning, when I first got an idea for a story and wondered if I could write it, it has always…

— Jean M. Auel

“Ayla just didn't seem like a woman who was about to join and establish a new hearth with a man she loved.…

— Jean M. Auel

Life is neither static nor unchanging. With no individuality, there can be no change, no adaptation and, in an inherently changing world,…

— Jean M. Auel

Each book has been different and has been challenging in its own way to write.

— Jean M. Auel

When you are alone, you have all the time in the world to practice whistling like a bird. When there is no…

— Jean M. Auel

But when did you see her, talk to me? When did you see her go into the cave? Why did you threaten…

— Jean M. Auel

“Suddenly, just as the rain began to fall in earnest, he sat down and howled.”

— Jean M. Auel

“Mog-ur has been spending all day and half the night in the place of the spirits. It must be a ceremony. While…

— Jean M. Auel

“Serenio had been right, his love was too much for most people to bear. His anger, let loose, could not be contained…

— Jean M. Auel

I can't tell you any more than any other writer can tell you why they write, and I don't know what my…

— Jean M. Auel

“Then, slowly, it filled her. An urge, like none she had ever known, rose out of her depths, grew in her throat,…

— Jean M. Auel

I started writing to please myself, a story I would like to read, and that is still true.

— Jean M. Auel

If you want to fall in love, you can't hold everything in. You have to open up, take that risk. You'll be…

— Jean M. Auel

“You are strong, self-reliant, entirely able to take care of yourself and of me... You are fearless, courageous; you saved my life,…

— Jean M. Auel

The other mammoths were as protective of the dying as they were of newborns, and they gathered around tying to make the…

— Jean M. Auel

Science Fiction is not just about the future of space ships travelling to other planets, it is fiction based on science and…

— Jean M. Auel

“He's part me and part Clan, and so is Ura. Or rather, she's part Oda and part that man who killed her…

— Jean M. Auel

You learn to write by writing, and by reading and thinking about how writers have created their characters and invented their stories.…

— Jean M. Auel

“Great Mother!I can't believe it!Now I understand."(Mamut) "I do not understand," Ayla said”

— Jean M. Auel

No, my publisher has always done the marketing.

— Jean M. Auel

“I don't know, Jondalar. Maybe you haven't found the right woman. Maybe the Mother has someone special for you. She doesn't make…

— Jean M. Auel

Illness and accidents were mysterious manifestations of the war of the spirits, fought on the battleground of the body.

— Jean M. Auel

“Incluso cuando vuelves a un mismo lugar, ya no es el mismo.”

— Jean M. Auel

From the beginning, the series has been story driven - I began with a story idea - but research feeds it.

— Jean M. Auel