#w

It's odd how violence and humor so often go together, isn't it? ↗

— Dan Simmons

#how #humor #odd #often #together

It's one of the strangest attributes of this profession that when we writers get exhausted writing one thing, we relax by writing another. ↗

— Dan Simmons

#attributes #exhausted #get #one thing #profession

Movie SF is, by definition, dumbed down - there have only been three or four SF movies in the history of film that aspire to the complexity of literary SF. ↗

— Dan Simmons

#been #complexity #definition #down #film

There's a unique bond of trust between readers and authors that I don't believe exists in any other art form; as a reader, I trust a novelist to give me his or her best effort, however flawed. ↗

— Dan Simmons

#art #art form #authors #believe #best

Then I went through a big Peggy Lee stage, then I became Annie Ross, then Judy Collins. ↗

— Carly Simon

#became #big #collins #i #judy

Writing, I'm convinced, should be a subversive activity - frowned on by the authorities - and not one cooed over and praised beyond common sense by some teacher. ↗

— Dan Simmons

#authorities #beyond #common #common sense #convinced

I'm fascinated with myself and love hearing the sound of my own voice. I'd like to hear what I have to say. A lot of people don't like being alone because they truly don't like themselves, but I love me. ↗

— Gene Simmons

#because #being #being alone #fascinated #hear

I think that I've got some pretty bad reviews on albums or songs that later proved themselves. ↗

— Carly Simon

#bad #got #i #i think #later

Rock is about finding who you are. You don't necessarily have to play your instrument very well at all. You can just barely get by and you can be in a rock band. ↗

— Gene Simmons

#band #barely #finding #get #instrument

My skin is more beautiful than yours. I would be quite more popular in jail if I so chose. ↗

— Gene Simmons

#chose #i #jail #more #popular