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Anne McCaffrey

"I didn't raise Todd to be a writer, but he happened to be one anyway."

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"I didn't raise Todd to be a writer, but he happened to be one anyway."

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"Historical fiction of course is particularly research-heavy. The details of everyday life are there to trip you up. Things that we take for granted, indeed, hardly think about, can lead to tremendous mistakes."

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"I have no problem in moving a date one way or another or coming up with a subplot that gets my characters in (or out) of a fix more rambunctiously than the extant records show."

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"Give a critic an inch, he'll write a play."

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"My words in her mind: cold polished stones sinking through a quagmire."

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"Scotland consistently produces world-class writers."

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"If a reporter doesn't like the person he's writing about, it shows up in his article."

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"A writer writesregardless...even though...notwithstanding...despite...at any rate...anyhow...nevertheless...in the face of...undeterred by...heedless of...and because.The true writer simply continues to write."

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"At age 77, I need the help of someone with more energy than I can now summon to finish a book."
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"Make no judgements where you have no compassion."
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"I have a shelf of comfort books, which I read when the world closes in on me or something untoward happens."
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"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."
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"What I used to do between writing fits was feed my kids, ride my horse and go shopping for cat and dog food."
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"I'm 78, I'm on my pension in Ireland, and all that good stuff."
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"I also don't have organized religion on Pern. I figured - since there were four holy wars going on at the time of writing - that religion was one problem Pern didn't need."
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