Anne McCaffrey Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

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

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

“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.”

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

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

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

“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.”

“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.”