Anne McCaffrey
Anne McCaffrey
Anne Inez McCaffrey was an American-born Irish writer, best known for the Dragonriders of Pern fantasy series. Early in McCaffrey's 46-year career as a writer, she became the first woman to win a Hugo Award for fiction and the first to win a Nebula Award. Her 1978 novel The White Dragon became one of the first science-fiction books to appear on the New York Times Best Seller list...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth1 April 1926
CountryUnited States of America
music running hard-work
Of course, an exhausting day at sail lines and nets left little energy to expend on running or laughing. Perhaps that was why her parents couldn't appreciate her music-it wouldn't appear to be hard work to them. Menolly shook her hands, letting them flap from her wrists. They ached and trembled from the constricted movements and tension of an hour of intensive playing. No, her parents would never understand that playing musical instruments could be as hard work as sailing or fishing.
Who tries, does. Who wills, can. Who loves, lives.
struggle knowing succeed
Living is struggling to do something impossible; To succeed or die, knowing that you had tried.
halloween scary mind
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.
inspirational life trying
Who wills, Can. Who tries, Does. Who loves, Lives.
crystals trios singers
I'm very fond of the Talent series, and also the Crystal Singer trio.
stars flames soldier
Drummer, beat, and piper, blowHarper, strike, and soldier, goFree the flame and sear the grassesTil the dawning Red Star passes
dragons sky space
Above us, outlined against the brilliant sky, dragons crowded every available perching space on the Rim. And the sun made a gold of every one of them.
dragons gmos people
People have freaked out when I tell them that my dragons are scientifically based... what else can you call a genetically engineered life form?
war writing needs
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.
believe writing want
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.
horse animal courageous
The horse, the noblest, bravest, proudest, most courageous and certainly the most perverse and infuriating animal that humans ever domesticated
art theatre suitable
How could she have believed such an artificial life as the theatre was suitable?
dog horse writing
What I used to do between writing fits was feed my kids, ride my horse and go shopping for cat and dog food.