Quotes for All
Of course, an exhausting day at sail lines and nets left little energy to expend on running or laughing. Perhaps that was why her parents couldn’t appreciate her music – it wouldn’t appear to be hard work to them. Menolly shook her hands, letting them flap from her wrists. They ached and trembled from the … Read more
People have freaked out when I tell them that my dragons are scientifically based… what else can you call a genetically engineered life form? Anne McCaffrey
A real scientist solves problems, not wails that they are unsolvable. Anne McCaffrey
I’m very fond of the Talent series, and also the Crystal Singer trio. Anne McCaffrey
How could she have believed such an artificial life as the theatre was suitable? Anne McCaffrey
Drummer, beat, and piper, blowHarper, strike, and soldier, goFree the flame and sear the grassesTil the dawning Red Star passes Anne McCaffrey
Your music can be played easily and well by any half-stringed harper or fumble-fingered idiot. Not that I’m maligning your songs. It’s just that they’re an entirely different kettle of fish-to use a seamanly metaphor-to Domick’s. Don’t you judge your songs against his standard! More people have already listened to your melodies and liked them … Read more
I think writers need windows on a view to remind them that a whole world is out there, not the minutiae with which they might be dealing on a close scale Anne McCaffrey
I have always used emotion as a writing tool. That goes back to me being on the stage Anne McCaffrey
To cry was to release all sorts of ugly little pressures and tensions. Like waking out of a long, dark dream to a sun-filled day. Anne McCaffrey