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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

Topics: Annoyed Been Life Much My Life Part Quite Really Used Writing

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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

Topics: Between Cat Dog Feed Fits Food Go Horse Kids Ride Shopping Used Writing

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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.

~Anne Mccaffrey

Topics: Emotion Felt Go Gut Hit Mean Processes Publish Reader Really Right Still Story Takes Thing Through Will Writer You

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That's what writing is all about, after all, making others see what you have put down on the page and believing that it does, or could, exist and you want to go there.

~Anne Mccaffrey

Topics: About After Believing Could Does Down Exist Go Making Others Page Put See Want Writing You

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

~Anne Mccaffrey

Topics: Based Call Dragons Else Engineered Form Freaked Genetically Life Out People Scientifically Tell Them You

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

~Anne Mccaffrey

Topics: Good Ireland Pension Stuff

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I think writers need windows on a view to remind them that a whole world is out there, not the minutiae with which they might be dealing on a close scale.

~Anne Mccaffrey

Topics: Close Dealing Might Need Out Remind Scale Them Think View Which Whole Windows World Writers I Think

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I think the Internet, particularly the availability of information, is great. I do a lot of correspondence on-line and have a chat line to talk to my fans as well.

~Anne Mccaffrey

Topics: Availability Chat Correspondence Fans Great Information Internet Line Lot Particularly Talk Think Well I Think

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I have written my own screen version of Pern, but had no buyers yet.

~Anne Mccaffrey

Topics: Buyers Had My Own Own Screen Version Written

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I have always used emotion as a writing tool. That goes back to me being on the stage.

~Anne Mccaffrey

Topics: Always Back Being Emotion Goes Me Stage Tool Used Writing

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: April 1st, 1926

Died: November 21st, 2011

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