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Fear has its uses but cowardice has none.
Make no judgments where you have no compassion.
Make no judgements where you have no compassion.
Who wills, Can. Who tries, Does. Who loves, Lives.
A good story is a good story no matter who wrote it.
How much can a dragon carry? As much as it thinks it can
Step by step Moment by moment We live through Another day
Mostly I'm telling people that they don't have to be victims
I'm 78, I'm on my pension in Ireland, and all that good stuff
Mostly I'm telling people that they don't have to be victims.
I'm 78, I'm on my pension in Ireland, and all that good stuff.
I didn't raise Todd to be a writer, but he happened to be one anyway
I have written my own screen version of Pern, but had no buyers yet.
I didn't mean to stay up all night to finish Windhaven, but I had to!
I'm very fond of the Talent series, and also the Crystal Singer trio.
A real scientist solves problems, not wails that they are unsolvable.
I didn't raise Todd to be a writer, but he happened to be one anyway.
The blackest night must end in dawn, the light dispel the dreamer's fear.
How could she have believed such an artificial life as the theatre was suitable?
I have always used emotion as a writing tool. That goes back to me being on the stage
I have always used emotion as a writing tool. That goes back to me being on the stage.
I did not have a chance to write novels until my youngest child started school fulltime
I did not have a chance to write novels until my youngest child started school fulltime.
At age 77, I need the help of someone with more energy than I can now summon to finish a book
At age 77, I need the help of someone with more energy than I can now summon to finish a book.
Living is struggling to do something impossible; To succeed or die, knowing that you had tried.
My eyes are green, my hair is silver and I freckly; the rest is subject to change without notice.
I do outlines when I'm writing with someone, but they also need to have a certain amount of freedom
I do outlines when I'm writing with someone, but they also need to have a certain amount of freedom.
That's such a thrill - a story I wrote at the beginning of my career, and it's still packin' the house.
I have a shelf of comfort books, which I read when the world closes in on me or something untoward happens
I have a shelf of comfort books, which I read when the world closes in on me or something untoward happens.
What I used to do between writing fits was feed my kids, ride my horse and go shopping for cat and dog food.
Writing has been so much a part of my life that I'm really quite annoyed that I can't do as much as I used to.
Tell a story! Don't try to impress your reader with style or vocabulary or neatly turned phrases. Tell the story first!
Fight only in direst need Not for lust or petty greed Honor those that do give birth Respect them well for their full worth
Drummer, beat, and piper, blowHarper, strike, and soldier, goFree the flame and sear the grassesTil the dawning Red Star passes
To cry was to release all sorts of ugly little pressures and tensions. Like waking out of a long, dark dream to a sun-filled day.
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
Tell the readers a story! Because without a story, you are merely using words to prove you can string them together in logical sentences.
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.
But Ship Who Sang remains my favorite story. I really rocked folks with that and still cannot read it aloud myself without weeping at the end
But Ship Who Sang remains my favorite story. I really rocked folks with that and still cannot read it aloud myself without weeping at the end.
The horse, the noblest, bravest, proudest, most courageous and certainly the most perverse and infuriating animal that humans ever domesticated
People have freaked out when I tell them that my dragons are scientifically based... what else can you call a genetically engineered life form?
Above us, outlined against the brilliant sky, dragons crowded every available perching space on the Rim. And the sun made a gold of every one of them.
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
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.
But I will say that living in Ireland has changed the cadence and fullness of speech, since the Irish love words and use as many of them in a sentence as possible
I think the Internet, particularly the availability of information, is great. I do a lot of correspondence on-line and have a chat line to talk to my fans as well