C. J. Cherryh
C. J. Cherryh
Carolyn Janice Cherry, better known by the pen name C. J. Cherryh, is an American writer of speculative fiction. She has written more than 60 books since the mid-1970s, including the Hugo Award-winning novels Downbelow Stationand Cyteen, both set in her Alliance-Union universe...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth1 September 1942
CountryUnited States of America
writing long garbage
It is perfectly okay to write garbage--as long as you edit brilliantly.
kitchen wells poisoning
Poisoning rarely happens in a well-managed kitchen.
inspirational new-year loss
A year of ending and beginning, a year of loss and finding... and all of you were with me through the storm. I drink your health, your wealth, your fortune for long years to come, and I hope for many more days in which we can gather like this.
writing night months
Writing day and night for months ... that's hard.
trying hopeless
Nothing's hopeless except never trying.
war
Never start a war with something you can't talk to.
smart stupid people
I most fear stupid people. Stupid people will do anything. Truly smart people will do only what is logical for them to do.
moving information goods
Trade isn't about goods. Trade is about information. Goods sit in the warehouse until information moves them.
communication thinking internet
I do not think any SFWA communication should come anywhere NEAR the internet.
new-year years great-year
Honor to the earth," the abbot said, "honor to the dead in the passing of the year; honor to the living, in the coming of the new. A Great Year passes tonight. A new one begins. Let the good that is old continue and let the rest perish....
doors lawyer
Rattle a lawyer's door and you get more lawyers.
forever enemy causes
Change happened and you thought it was forever, and immediately there were all the enemies of that change making common cause and meeting in the cloakrooms.
smart thinking opponents
If you're up against a smart opponent, make him think himself to death.
home fighting warrior
The warrior may fight for gold or for an immediate gain, or for something to take home for the winter to feed the family. The soldier is part of a more complex society. He's fighting for a group ethic of some sort.