34 Quotes by John M. Ford

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    There are readers who want every point to be clearly and unambiguously set forth, and there are those who want to pry ideas and meanings out for themselves.

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    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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    We’re all living on borrowed time. The trick is to come up with works of sufficient interest to pay off the debt.

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    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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    Creating the fictional background for a game world isn’t significantly different from creating a background for fiction.

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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 a choice I made.

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