At age 77, I need the help of someone with more energy than I can now summon to finish a book. — Anne McCaffrey
They contain scary things, problems, but also a sense of rightness that makes them alive and makes us want to live there. — Anne McCaffrey
But I will say that living in ireland has changed the cadence and fullness of speech — Anne McCaffrey
But ship who sang remains my favorite story. I really rocked folks with that and still cannot read it aloud — 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 — Anne McCaffrey
I did not have a chance to write novels until my youngest child started school fulltime. — 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 don’t often reread my own books, unless I am going into another in the series and need to refresh my — 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
I have always used emotion as a writing tool. That goes back to me being on the stage. — 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 — Anne McCaffrey
I think writers need windows on a view to remind them that a whole world is out there, not the minutiae. — Anne McCaffrey
I would recommend the short story form, which is a lot harder to write since you have to be so careful with words — Anne McCaffrey
People have freaked out when I tell them that my dragons are scientifically based… what else can you call — Anne McCaffrey
That’s such a thrill – a story I wrote at the beginning of my career, and it’s still packin’ the house. — Anne McCaffrey
That’s what writing is all about, after all, making others see what you have put down on the page and — Anne McCaffrey
The thing is, emotion – if it’s visibly felt by the writer – will go through all the processes it takes to — 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
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