The immense popularity of American movies abroad demonstrates that Europe is the unfinished negative of which America is the proof. Mary McCarthy
When an American heiress wants to buy a man, she at once crosses the Atlantic. The only really materialistic people I have ever met have been Europeans. Mary McCarthy
In politics, it seems, retreat is honorable if dictated by military considerations and shameful if even suggested for ethical reasons. Mary McCarthy
I wouldn't encourage new writers to start off publishing through electronic media... it still isn't wide enough for the readership they would need to get a good start. Anne McCaffrey
I would recommend the short story form, which is a lot harder to write since you have to be so careful with words, until there is plenty of time to doodle through a novel. Anne McCaffrey
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
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
I have always used emotion as a writing tool. That goes back to me being on the stage. Anne McCaffrey
At age 77, I need the help of someone with more energy than I can now summon to finish a book. Anne McCaffrey
I have a shelf of comfort books, which I read when the world closes in on me or something untoward happens. Anne McCaffrey
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. Anne McCaffrey
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
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. Anne McCaffrey
That's such a thrill - a story I wrote at the beginning of my career, and it's still packin' the house. Anne McCaffrey