Connie Willis

Writers are too neurotic to ever be happy.

Fred Astaire is my hero. I love him because he was willing to kill himself to make his art look effortless. And because he proved it's possible to be an artist and a good person.

I have never written anything in one draft, not even a grocery list, although I have heard from friends that this is actually possible.

I am a Colorado native, and, no, I did not vote for the anti-gay amendment or the same-sex marriage ban, and I am not a member of a militia.

I hate sequels. They're never as good as the first book.

That's what literature is. It's the people who went before us, tapping out messages from the past, from beyond the grave, trying to tell us about life and death. Listen to them.

Management cares about only one thing paperwork. They will forgive almost anything else cost overruns, gross incompetence, criminal indictments as long as the paperwork's filled out properly. And in on time.

It is not an easy thing to put on a wet sock.

It is my belief that everything you need to know about the world can be learned in a church choir.

I watched the entire O.J. Simpson trial, and he was guilty.