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.

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.

A good story is a good story no matter who wrote it.

If you're not having a good time, find something else that gives you some joy in life.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

If I were gay, life would be a lot simpler. I'm kind of annoyed that I'm not.