Dan Simmons Quotes

A collection of quotes by Dan Simmons.

Dan Simmons is a highly acclaimed American author known for his versatile storytelling across various genres like science fiction, horror, and mystery. Born in 1948, Simmons gained recognition for his award-winning novel "Hyperion" and its sequels, collectively known as the Hyperion Cantos. He has authored numerous other works including "The Terror," "Drood," and "Carrion Comfort." Simmons' writing often combines historical events with speculative fiction elements, showcasing his ability to weave complex narratives in vivid detail. Nominated for and receiving several prestigious awards, he has established himself as a renowned and influential figure in the world of speculative fiction.

The truth is, it's not a great career move to create a reade

The truth is, it's not a great career move to create a readership and then, in effect, abandon them.

To see and feel one's beloved naked for the first time is on

To see and feel one's beloved naked for the first time is one of life's pure, irreducible epiphanies. If there is a true religion in the universe, it must include that truth of contact or be forever hollow. To make love to the one true person who deserves that love is one of the few absolute rewards of being a human being, balancing all of the pain, loss, awkwardness, loneliness, idiocy, compromise, and clumsiness that go with the human condition. To make love to the right person makes up for a lot of mistakes.

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But I think, and hope, that the novels can be understood and

But I think, and hope, that the novels can be understood and enjoyed as science fiction, on their own terms.

She [Beatrice] alone was still real for him, still implied m

She [Beatrice] alone was still real for him, still implied meaning in the world, and beauty. Her nature became his landmark - what Melville would call, with more sobriety than we can now muster, his Greenwich Standard ...

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The beauty of that June day was almost staggering. After the

The beauty of that June day was almost staggering. After the wet spring, everything that could turn green had outdone itself in greenness and everything that could even dream of blooming or blossoming was in bloom and blossom. The sunlight was a benediction. The breezes were so caressingly soft and intimate on the skin as to be embarrassing.

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

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

Writing, I'm convinced, should be a subversive activity - fr

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.

I loved almost everything about being a teacher, but I was a

I loved almost everything about being a teacher, but I was an unusual teacher.

There's a unique bond of trust between readers and authors t

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.