Speaking as a novelist myself, I know that members of our profession live in our imaginations as much or more as we inhabit what people call 'the real world.
Dan SimmonsMost of us do know we have no immortality. And when you've found a genius, someone who has already purchased his immortality in musical or literary terms, it's maddening.
Dan SimmonsAny allegiance to a deity or concept or universal principal which put obedience above decent behavior toward an innocent human being evil.
Dan Simmons