Ann Leckie Quotes

I'd say my biggest influences are writers like Andre Norton and, particularly when it comes to the Radch, C.J. Cherryh.

Ann Leckie

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 2, 1966

Topics

SayInfluencesLikeBiggestWriters

Trust is the conduit for influence; it's the medium through which ideas travel.

Amy Cuddy

TrustTravelIdeasInfluenceThrough

Ego, id, and superego are terms familiar to all, but for many years, Freud's psychoanalytic theory has thrived in English departments around the country as a tool for interpreting literary texts but has rarely, if ever, been discussed in science departments.

Siri Hustvedt

ScienceEgoCountryYearsToolBeen

Sometimes I think that novelists suffer from P.C.S.: Perpetual Childhood Syndrome.

Simon Mawer

ChildhoodThinkSometimesSuffer

I think that complicated, nuanced, deep, heavy - that's the place to go. That's what makes a great show. That's what all of us deal with in life.

Tracee Ellis Ross

LifeGreatDeepThinkPlaceGo

I don't want to ever tell a stereotype joke for the sake of it. I'm going to tell the story that I feel is true.

Ronny Chieng

StoryFeelWantTrueJokeTell

Perhaps we believe that everything travels by air, or magically and instantaneously like information (which is actually anchored by cables on the seabed), not by hefty ships that travel more slowly than senior citizens drive.

Rose George

TravelDriveBelieveInformationAir

A hero is a man who does what he can.

Romain Rolland

HeroManWhoHeDoes

Most of us, when we go out with a camera in our own country, try to find exotic subject matter to photograph.

Martin Parr

CameraFindCountryGoMatterTry

You can train to be ready for the nerves, and we simulate it all the time, but it's never the same when it actually matters.

Mirai Nagasu

TimeYouTrainReadyMattersNever

Being a salesperson prepares you for just about everything in business: how to listen, empathize, and persuade; when to back off and when to step in; and, of course, how to close.

Jason Fried

BusinessStepYouBackListenOff

Why would anyone want to be called a size zero or even aspire to being a zero? I don't even understand the thinking behind it, let alone the practicalities. What is all that about?

Dawn French

AloneThinkingWantWhyUnderstand

Because there's no structural barrier to joining 4chan, the community is really dynamic; for every five people that leave, five new people join, bringing their perspective and culture. A lot of other communities get set in their ways.

Christopher Poole

CommunityCulturePerspectivePeople

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