Gene Wolfe

My definition of good literature is that which can be read by an educated reader, and reread with increased pleasure. ↗

— Gene Wolfe

#education

He shook his head. "Everyone fears me, except you, Latro. When a man is respected, no one wants to plant a dagger in his back. When he is feared, everyone thinks upon it, and tests the point. ↗

— Gene Wolfe

#inspirational

We talked of love, and all we said would fill a book thicker than this. Yet all we said was only this: that I loved her and she loved me, and we had waited long and long, would be parted no longer. ↗

— Gene Wolfe

#love #sir-able-of-the-high-heart #love

My rule is never save bits. They get the way, and you don't think of anything new. Put 'em in. Make a big mess. ↗

— Gene Wolfe

#writing-craft

Knowledge is soon changed, then lost in the mist, an echo half-heard. ↗

— Gene Wolfe

#echo #knowledge #lost #mist #soon

Ambiguity is necessary in some of my stories, not in all. In those, it certainly contributes to the richness of the story. I doubt that thematic closure is never attainable. ↗

— Gene Wolfe

#attainable #certainly #closure #contributes #doubt

You seem to think that the only genuine existence evil can have is conscious existence - that no one is evil unless he admits it to himself. I disagree. ↗

— Gene Wolfe

#disagree #evil #existence #genuine #himself

Online publication is fine with me, in part because I hope to collect those stories later. ↗

— Gene Wolfe

#collect #fine #hope #i #later

A youthful American voice isn't particularly challenging - I've been a young American, and they're all around me. I can walk from my house to Barrington High School. ↗

— Gene Wolfe

#around #been #challenging #high #high school

He's not rewarding us by talking to us. He's talking to us because He has something to say to us directly, as opposed to the things He says to all humanity. ↗

— Gene Wolfe

#directly #humanity #opposed #rewarding #say