Author: Anne McCaffrey

Quotes

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.

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.

- Anne McCaffrey

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.

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.

- Anne McCaffrey

People have freaked out when I tell them that my dragons are scientifically based... what else can you call a genetically engineered life form?

People have freaked out when I tell them that my dragons are scientifically based... what else can you call a genetically engineered life form?

- Anne McCaffrey

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.

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.

- Anne McCaffrey

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.

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.

- Anne McCaffrey

I'm 78, I'm on my pension in Ireland, and all that good stuff.

I'm 78, I'm on my pension in Ireland, and all that good stuff.

- Anne McCaffrey

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.

- Anne McCaffrey

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.

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.

- Anne McCaffrey

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.

- Anne McCaffrey

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