A good story is a good story no matter who wrote it.
Anne McCaffrey

At age 77, I need the help of someone with more energy than I can now summon to finish a book.
Anne McCaffrey

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.
Anne McCaffrey

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

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.
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.
Anne McCaffrey

I did not have a chance to write novels until my youngest child started school fulltime.
Anne McCaffrey

I didn't raise Todd to be a writer, but he happened to be one anyway.
Anne McCaffrey

I do outlines when I'm writing with someone, but they also need to have a certain amount of freedom.
Anne McCaffrey

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.
Anne McCaffrey


I have a shelf of comfort books, which I read when the world closes in on me or something untoward happens.
Anne McCaffrey

I have always used emotion as a writing tool. That goes back to me being on the stage.
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.
Anne McCaffrey

I have written my own screen version of Pern, but had no buyers yet.
Anne McCaffrey

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.
Anne McCaffrey

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.
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.
Anne McCaffrey

I wouldn't encourage new writers to start off publishing through electronic media... it still isn't wide enough for the readership they would need to get a good start.
Anne McCaffrey

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

I'm very fond of the Talent series, and also the Crystal Singer trio.
Anne McCaffrey