Author: Dan Simmons

Quotes

Movie SF is, by definition, dumbed down - there have only been three or four SF movies in the history of film that aspire to the complexity of literary SF.

Movie SF is, by definition, dumbed down - there have only been three or four SF movies in the history of film that aspire to the complexity of literary SF.

- Dan Simmons

I loved almost everything about being a teacher, but I was an unusual teacher.

I loved almost everything about being a teacher, but I was an unusual teacher.

- Dan Simmons

But I think, and hope, that the novels can be understood and enjoyed as science fiction, on their own terms.

But I think, and hope, that the novels can be understood and enjoyed as science fiction, on their own terms.

- Dan Simmons

The truth is, it's not a great career move to create a readership and then, in effect, abandon them.

The truth is, it's not a great career move to create a readership and then, in effect, abandon them.

- Dan Simmons

Writing, I'm convinced, should be a subversive activity - frowned on by the authorities - and not one cooed over and praised beyond common sense by some teacher.

Writing, I'm convinced, should be a subversive activity - frowned on by the authorities - and not one cooed over and praised beyond common sense by some teacher.

- Dan Simmons

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