Diane Duane
Diane Duane
Diane Duaneis an American science fiction and fantasy author. Her works include the Young Wizards young adult fantasy series and the Rihannsu Star Trek novels...
ProfessionScreenwriter
Date of Birth18 May 1952
years trying found
What I try to do for my readers is to pass on some of the things that I found out about being thirteen after doing it for forty years.
water complaining drink
You walk on water, and complain that you can't find anything to drink!
blood proud failing
So rage, proud Power: fail again! And see my blood teach Death to die!
gone quantum dear
Dear Artificer, I’ve blown my quanta and gone to the Good Place!
world kind poor
It’d be a poor kind of world where there was just one explanation for things. ---Rhiow
hurt morning live-life
The city breathing, burning, living the life thy had preserved. Ten million lives and more. If something should happen to all that life- how terrible! Nita gulped for control as she remembered Fred's word of just this morning, an eternity ago. And this was what being a wizard was about. Keeping terrible things from happening, even when it hurts. Not just power, or control of what ordinary people couldn't control, or delight in being able to make strange things happen. Those were the side effects- not the reason, the purpose.
issues choices age
The issues of the choice between right and wrong has to be an ongoing concern for everybody, at every age. There is no magical point in a human life when anyone is or becomes immune to the second-by-second choice to do right instead of wrong.
thinking people teens
What teens will realize is always a mystery to me. I'm still realizing so many things myself, very belatedly, that it seems unwise to think I have any right to be showing people things in hopes that they'll realize them.
limits regards starting
Yes, limits can be self-imposed. But, as regards space, especially, they're starting to dwindle. It can be the same way for people.
book reading potato-chips
Reading one book is like eating one potato chip.
lying writing stronger
There is a rule for fantasy writers: The more truth you mix in with a lie, the stronger it gets.
mother hero fighting
But even in your world it’s a byword. Men will fight bravely and be heroes, but for last-ditch defense against any odds… get a Mother.
thinking hands looks
Don't be afraid to make corrections," Picchu said. "Don't be afraid to lend a hand." She fell silent, seeming to think for a moment. "And don't look down.
eye dragons drawing
All the drawing lacks is the final touch: To add eyes to the dragon