21 Quotes by Teresa Nielsen Hayden

Writer: It's not an occupation; it's a compulsion.

I have to go make books. Sorry about that.

If you ask 20 different readers why they read, they will all be right.

Writers say many true things about their own experiences with publicity and promotion.

Sometimes writers say true things about the overall nature of publicity, promotion, and the publishing industry; but alas, not always.

Don't use metaphors in fantasy; your readers will take them literally. Or they may take them figuratively - but if so, they'll also take your magics and transformations figuratively. Either way, you're in trouble.

Just because you’re on their side doesn’t mean they’re on your side.

The advent of the internet has made so many things possible. Self- published recreational journalism has always been around; but back when you had to at least learn to run a mimeograph, and you had to pay postage to distribute your deathless prose, people who didn't actually have much to say for themselves found other hobbies

I believe God put that itchy spot on our backs just exactly where we can't reach it in order to encourage us be nice to each other.