Anne McCaffrey quotes

Anne McCaffrey was an American author best known for her pioneering science fiction and fantasy novels, especially the Dragonriders of Pern series. Her imaginative worlds and compelling characters have captivated readers worldwide. She remains an influential figure in speculative fiction and a trailblazer for women writers in the genre. Here are 47 of her quotes:

Make no judgements where you have no compassion. (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

What I used to do between writing fits was feed my kids, ride my horse and go shopping for cat and dog food.

Anne McCaffrey

A real scientist solves problems, not wails that they are unsolvable.

Anne McCaffrey

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

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

Anne McCaffrey

Who wills, Can. Who tries, Does. Who loves, Lives.

Anne McCaffrey

The blackest night must end in dawn, the light dispel the dreamer's fear.

Anne McCaffrey

How much can a dragon carry?
As much as it thinks it can. (Anne McCaffrey)

Step by step Moment by moment We live through Another day.

Anne McCaffrey

Fight only in direst need Not for lust or petty greed Honor those that do give birth Respect them well for their full worth.

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

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

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

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

To cry was to release all sorts of ugly little pressures and tensions. Like waking out of a long, dark dream to a sun-filled day.

Anne McCaffrey

Drummer, beat, and piper, blowHarper, strike, and soldier, goFree the flame and sear the grassesTil the dawning Red Star passes.

Anne McCaffrey

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

Necessity breeds solution. (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'm very fond of the Talent series, and also the Crystal Singer trio.

Anne McCaffrey

Writing has been so much a part of my life that I'm really quite annoyed that I can't do as much as I used to.

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

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Anne McCaffrey

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Occupation: American Author
Born: April 1, 1926
Died: November 21, 2011
Quotes count: 47

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