I actually feel that the different kinds of stories come out of different parts of my brain.
Elizabeth MoonIn a novel, I could submerge my ego in a characters and let his perceptions take over.
Elizabeth MoonNo matter what I do, no matter how predictable I try to make my life, it will not be any more predictable than the rest of the world. Which is chaotic.
Elizabeth MoonEven if a tamed wolf makes a good sheepdog, he will never understand how the sheep feel....You are most fortunate. For having been, as you thought, a coward, and helpless to fight - you know what that is like. You know what bitterness that feeling breeds - you know in your own heart what kind of evil it brings. And so you are most fit to fight it where it occurs.
Elizabeth Moon