Joan D. Vinge Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“Here was a fragment of Goddess myth that, through all its permutations, had somehow escaped being turned on its head. It was the perfect springboard for the sort of novel I wanted to write.”

“These days too many of us seem inclined to cover our ears, close our eyes, and blindly follow the most narrow, conservative tenets of religion; or else seek comfort in the ancient traditions of New Age ritual.”

“For every path you choose, there is another you must abandon, usually forever.”

“I was thinking about what I wanted to write next, after my first novel, and had decided that I wanted to write a story with a lot of strong female characters in it.”

“Moon is also a naive native girl when she sets out for Carbuncle.”

“There's no such thing as a free lunch, at least on the karmic level.”

“As for the historical inspirations I drew on in writing The Snow Queen, I suppose I would call them more cross-cultural inspirations, though they frequently involve past societies as well as present day ones.”

“Beyond that, I seem to be compelled to write science fiction, rather than fantasy or mysteries or some other genre more likely to climb onto bestseller lists even though I enjoy reading a wide variety of literature, both fiction and nonfiction.”

“The mers were also designed to reproduce only at long intervals, in order to maintain the natural balance of the environment in which they were placed.”