140 Quotes by Anne McCaffrey

There’s a reason that some of our oldest and most important stories start with “Once upon a time . . .” Tucked among the fantastical characters and magical other-worlds are profound truths. Lloyd Alexander, author of the beloved Chronicles of Prydain, said, “Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It’s a way of understanding it.” With that, we present to you this collection of wise and beautiful quotes from some of the greatest authors in the fantasy genre.

I wouldn't encourage new writers to start off publishing through electronic media... it still isn't wide enough for the readership they would need to get a good start

Make no judgements where you have no compassion.

I have my good days and my bad days, but I don't have as much energy as I used to back when I was young and foolish and didn't count the cost - and it takes a lot - to write

That's what writing is all about, after all, making others see what you have put down on the page and believing that it does, or could, exist and you want to go there.

A good story is a good story no matter who wrote it.

Because we build the worlds we wouldn't mind living in. They contain scary things, problems, but also a sense of rightness that makes them alive and makes us want to live there.

I have a shelf of comfort books, which I read when the world closes in on me or something untoward happens

Mostly I'm telling people that they don't have to be victims