--- title: "3 Lawrence Watt-Evans Quotes - Famous Novelist (The Book of Silence)" description: "Lawrence Watt-Evans is one of the pseudonyms of American science fiction and fantasy author Lawrence Watt Evans. Browse 3 Lawrence Watt-Evans quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b015/author-lawrence-wattevans-59122.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Lawrence Watt-Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b015/author-lawrence-wattevans-59122.jpg) # Lawrence Watt-Evans (1954) Novelist United States **3** quotes in **15** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Lawrence Watt-Evans is a novelist from the United States, best known for *The Book of Silence*. ## Quick Facts About Lawrence Watt-Evans Born July 26, 1954 Nationality United States Profession Novelist Notable works The Book of Silence ## About Lawrence Watt-Evans Lawrence Watt-Evans is one of the pseudonyms of American science fiction and fantasy author Lawrence Watt Evans. ## Awards & Honors Hugo Award for Best Short Story ## Quotes by Lawrence Watt-Evans > [There are times when quantity is at least as important as quality in learning an art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-watt-evans/there-are-times-when-quantity-is-at-least-as-important-as-quality-in/) [Lawrence Watt-Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-watt-evans/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da6/lawrence-watt-evans-84061_art_there-are-times-when-quantity-is-at-leas_494973.png) > [There is no idea so stupid or hackneyed that a sufficiently-talented writer can't get a good story out of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-watt-evans/there-is-no-idea-so-stupid-or-hackneyed-that-a-sufficiently-talented/) [Lawrence Watt-Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-watt-evans/) [Good story](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/good-story/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/052/lawrence-watt-evans-84061_good-story_there-is-no-idea-so-stupid-or-hackneyed_1177034.png) > [“See, everything that ever could possibly have happened, in the entire history of the universe right from the Big Bang up until…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-watt-evans/see-everything-that-ever-could-possibly-have-happened-in-the-entire/) [Lawrence Watt-Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-watt-evans/) [Big bang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/big-bang/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/262/lawrence-watt-evans-84061_big-bang_see-everything-that-ever-could-possibly_2869120.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-watt-evans/#itemlist", "name": "Lawrence Watt-Evans Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There are times when quantity is at least as important as quality in learning an art.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lawrence Watt-Evans" }, "url": 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"text": "“See, everything that ever could possibly have happened, in the entire history of the universe right from the Big Bang up until now, _did_ happen -- somewhere. 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