"Well, it's an adventure story, and a Bildungsroman,……" — John M. Ford
"Well, it's an adventure story, and a Bildungsroman, of course, but there was also the intention to describe a culture that had been seen in rather narrow terms."
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19 Quotes by John M. Ford
John M. Ford has 19 quotes on this site.
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Observe, don't imitate.
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Sometimes the reader will decide something else than the author's intent; this is certainly true of attempts to empirically decipher…
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Every book is three books, after all; the one the writer intended, the one the reader expected, and the one…
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We're not lost. We're locationally challenged
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I long for the simplicity of theatre. I want lessons learned, comeuppances delivered, people sorted out, all before your bladder…
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At one point I intended to write precursor and sequel novels, about the establishment of the Web and its next…
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I'm very happy that the New York Times has spoken well of my stuff; who wouldn't be? But it's not…
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Creating the fictional background for a game world isn't significantly different from creating a background for fiction.
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I don't think anyone wants a reader to be completely lost - certainly not to the point of giving up…
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We're all living on borrowed time. The trick is to come up with works of sufficient interest to pay off…
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The language fictional characters use is chosen for effect, at least if the author is concentrating.
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If I were to write Web now, it would be a much, much darker book.
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Why, I'd like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.
— Aristophanes
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Happiness depends upon ourselves.
— Aristotle
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All in all, for someone who was immersed in, fascinated by, and dedicated to flight, I was disappointed by the…
— Neil Armstrong
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I had a huge advantage when I started 50 years ago - my job was secure. I didn't have to…
— David Attenborough
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The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.
— Saint Augustine
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Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason…
— Marcus Aurelius
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In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.
— Ansel Adams
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I think mostly it's the adventure that I will have in making the movie. That's what I look for.
— Christian Bale
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To die will be an awfully big adventure.
— James M. Barrie
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Climbing K2 or floating the Grand Canyon in an inner tube; there are some things one would rather have done…
— Edward Abbey
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Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in…
— Mary Ritter Beard
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Youth is the spirit of adventure and awakening. It is a time of physical emerging when the body attains the…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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