Anne McCaffrey Quotes

Make no judgements where you have no compassion.
Anne McCaffrey

Compassion, Judgements

That's what writing is all about, after all, making others see what you have put down on the page and believing that it does, or could, exist and you want to go there.
Anne McCaffrey

Writing, Down, After

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

End, Cannot, Read

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

Good, Matter, Story

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

Age, Help, Someone

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

Live, Mind, Living

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

Love, Words, Living

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

Religion, Time, Writing

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

School, Chance, Child

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

Writer, Happened, Anyway

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

Freedom, Someone, Writing

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

Another, Often, Books

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

Read, Happens, Books

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

Writing, Used, Goes

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

Good, Bad, Young

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

Written, Screen, Version

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

Great, Talk, Line

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

Whole, Might, View

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

Time, Words, Through

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

Good, Through, Enough

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

Good, Stuff, Ireland

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

Talent, Singer, Series

Mostly I'm telling people that they don't have to be victims.
Anne McCaffrey

Telling, Victims, Mostly

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

Life, Else, Tell

That's such a thrill - a story I wrote at the beginning of my career, and it's still packin' the house.
Anne McCaffrey

Career, Beginning, Story

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: April 1, 1926

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