Top 14 Quotes by Tim Pratt

About Tim Pratt

These are some quotes by American author Tim Pratt Writer, who was born on December 12, 1976.

I'm a competent novelist. I'm getting better. But I'm a really good short story writer.

I'm a competent novelist. I'm getting better. But I'm a really good short story writer.

Tim Pratt

Life is full of borders. Some of them, once crossed, can never be crossed again in the other direction. But there are new countries to discover across every one.

Life is full of borders. Some of them, once crossed, can never be crossed again in the other direction. But there are new countries to discover across every one.

Tim Pratt

Fictional realms are usually terrible places to vacation, as they tend to be full of monsters and conflicts - Narnia and Middle-earth would both be good places to get killed - but I wouldn't mind visiting the worlds of Iain M. Banks's 'Culture.' You'd just have a hard time getting me to leave.

Tim Pratt

Family lore says I was named after the song 'Timothy' by The Buoys, a lovely little ditty about three guys who get trapped in a cave-in and resort to cannibalism; they eat Timothy.

Family lore says I was named after the song 'Timothy' by The Buoys, a lovely little ditty about three guys who get trapped in a cave-in and resort to cannibalism; they eat Timothy.

Tim Pratt

I miss that thing I used to do when I first started out where I would just spontaneously generate ideas and try things and see where they'd go.

I miss that thing I used to do when I first started out where I would just spontaneously generate ideas and try things and see where they'd go.

Tim Pratt

I didn't grow up on any sort of border; more in the middle of nowhere, in rural eastern North Carolina.

I didn't grow up on any sort of border; more in the middle of nowhere, in rural eastern North Carolina.

Tim Pratt

As I got older, I had more experience with borders. Some literal - living in the dramatically blue misty mountains on the line between North Carolina and Tennessee, and living in California - home to expats, transplants, and refugees from both sides of innumerable borders.

Tim Pratt

Once, my writing-avoidance behavior involved me mixing up a cleaning concoction and getting some ancient stains out of the carpet. My wife liked that one.

Once, my writing-avoidance behavior involved me mixing up a cleaning concoction and getting some ancient stains out of the carpet. My wife liked that one.

Tim Pratt

Stories are really important to people and can really change the way they understand, and even live, their lives. As such, I don't agree much with people who say, 'Calm down, it's just a story.'

Stories are really important to people and can really change the way they understand, and even live, their lives. As such, I don't agree much with people who say, 'Calm down, it's just a story.'

Tim Pratt

I almost drowned in a hot tub at a writing workshop once after I had some drinks without accounting for how the high elevation would impact my tolerance.

I almost drowned in a hot tub at a writing workshop once after I had some drinks without accounting for how the high elevation would impact my tolerance.

Tim Pratt

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