Words were like objects, making the idea more solid -- less a poisonous gas and more a ... cube of crystallized thought.
Dan SimmonsIt started 25 years ago, when I was teaching elementary school in a small town in Missouri
Dan SimmonsWhen I get about five readers I can rub together in one genre, I leave that genre and go somewhere else. And this is due to a vow that I made myself when I started writing - that if I had any success at all, I would not be bound to one form of writing. That I would write what moves me. The only way I can see me surviving and doing more than one book is to present the readers with a Dan Simmons novel, with whatever tropes and protocols from whatever genre I want to borrow them. If that builds a Dan Simmons readership, well then, okay. Otherwise, forget about it. I'd rather drive a truck.
Dan Simmons