Top 28 Quotes by 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.

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.

People have freaked out when I tell them that my dragons are scientifically based... what else can you call a genetically engineered life form?

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

I did not have a chance to write novels until my youngest child started school fulltime.

That's such a thrill - a story I wrote at the beginning of my career, and it's still packin' the house.

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.

The thing is, emotion - if it's visibly felt by the writer - will go through all the processes it takes to publish a story and still hit the reader right in the gut. But you have to really mean it.

Make no judgements where you have no compassion.

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