Anne Inez McCaffrey, 1926 - 2011
Signing a book for a fan, photo by Ann Creech (28 August 2005)
Born: 1 April 1926, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Died: 21 November 2011, Dragonhold-Underhill, County Wicklow, Ireland
Biography from Wikipedia and The New York Times obituary
Anne McCaffrey quotes:
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- A good story is a good story no matter who wrote it. permalink
Anne McCaffrey - A real scientist solves problems, not wails that they are unsolvable. permalink
Anne McCaffrey - Acorna: The Unicorn Girl (1997) - At age 77, I need the help of someone with more energy than I can now summon to finish a book. permalink
Anne McCaffrey - Be you and not someone else. permalink
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. permalink
Anne McCaffrey - But Ship Who Sang remains my favorite story. I really rocked folks with that and still cannot read it aloud myself without weeping at the end. permalink
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. permalink
Anne McCaffrey - Different minds react to different stimuli. permalink
Anne McCaffrey - "A Bridle for Pegasus" in Analog (July 1973) - Dragon kind was no less cruel than mankind. The Dragon, at least, acted from bestial need rather than bestial greed. permalink
Anne McCaffrey - Dragonflight (1968) - 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. permalink
Anne McCaffrey - I did not have a chance to write novels until my youngest child started school fulltime. permalink
Anne McCaffrey - I didn't raise Todd to be a writer, but he happened to be one anyway. permalink
Anne McCaffrey - I don't keep up with developments, but I do find an expert in any field in which I must explain myself and the science involved. permalink
Anne McCaffrey - I don't often reread my own books, unless I am going into another in the series and need to refresh my mood when originating the concept. permalink
Anne McCaffrey - I have a shelf of comfort books, which I read when the world closes in on me or something untoward happens. permalink
Anne McCaffrey
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