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

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

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

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

Make no judgements where you have no compassion.
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 have always used emotion as a writing tool. That goes back to me being on the stage.
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