Author: Diana Gabaldon

Quotes

It's worth noting that at the time of the American Revolution, no sane person would have given two cents for its success.

It's worth noting that at the time of the American Revolution, no sane person would have given two cents for its success.

- Diana Gabaldon

What underlies great science is what underlies great art, whether it is visual or written, and that is the ability to distinguish patterns out of chaos.

What underlies great science is what underlies great art, whether it is visual or written, and that is the ability to distinguish patterns out of chaos.

- Diana Gabaldon

Well, I can't remember not being able to read. I was told I could read by myself very well at the age of three.

Well, I can't remember not being able to read. I was told I could read by myself very well at the age of three.

- Diana Gabaldon

I don't plan the books ahead of time. It's not like Harry Potter. I don't work in a straight line. I don't write with an outline.

I don't plan the books ahead of time. It's not like Harry Potter. I don't work in a straight line. I don't write with an outline.

- Diana Gabaldon

Conflict and character are the heart of good fiction, and good mystery has both of those in spades.

Conflict and character are the heart of good fiction, and good mystery has both of those in spades.

- Diana Gabaldon

I don't plot the books out ahead of time, I don't plan them. I don't begin at the beginning and end at the end. I don't work with an outline and I don't work in a straight line.

I don't plot the books out ahead of time, I don't plan them. I don't begin at the beginning and end at the end. I don't work with an outline and I don't work in a straight line.

- Diana Gabaldon

People assume that science is a very cold sort of profession, whereas writing novels is a warm and fuzzy intuitive thing. But in fact, they are not at all different.

People assume that science is a very cold sort of profession, whereas writing novels is a warm and fuzzy intuitive thing. But in fact, they are not at all different.

- Diana Gabaldon

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