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Anne McCaffrey

"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."

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"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."

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"I don't often reread my own books, unless I am going into another in the series and need to refresh my mood when originating the concept."
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"I did not have a chance to write novels until my youngest child started school fulltime."
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"People have freaked out when I tell them that my dragons are scientifically based... what else can you call a genetically engineered life form?"
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"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."
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"I have always used emotion as a writing tool. That goes back to me being on the stage."
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"That's such a thrill - a story I wrote at the beginning of my career, and it's still packin' the house."
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"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."
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"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."
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"I would recommend the short story form, which is a lot harder to write since you have to be so careful with words, until there is plenty of time to doodle through a novel."
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"I'm very fond of the Talent series, and also the Crystal Singer trio."
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