Prison always has been a good place for writers, killing, as it does, the twin demons of mobility and diversion
Dan SimmonsEvolution brings human beings. Human beings, through a long and painful process, bring humanity.
Dan SimmonsThe best advice that an accomplished writer could give a beginning writer is probably, "Find your slide and then grease it." Almost every writer that wants a rewarding career, in terms of money and status and number of readers, finally finds a certain genre or certain style that he or she sticks with until reaching a critical mass of readership. And I've violated this from the get-go.
Dan Simmons