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Gene Wolfe
American
Writer
Born:
May 7
,
1931
Because
Best
Experience
Knowledge
Me
You
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Knowledge is soon changed, then lost in the mist, an echo half-heard.
Gene Wolfe
Knowledge
Lost
Changed
Echo
Soon
Mist
Then
Ambiguity is necessary in some of my stories, not in all. In those, it certainly contributes to the richness of the story. I doubt that thematic closure is never attainable.
Gene Wolfe
Doubt
Those
Some
Attainable
Never
Ambiguity
Closure
Stories
Story
Thematic
Richness
Certainly
Necessary
He's not rewarding us by talking to us. He's talking to us because He has something to say to us directly, as opposed to the things He says to all humanity.
Gene Wolfe
Humanity
Say
Says
Something
Directly
He
Talking
Because
Opposed
Rewarding
Us
Things
I don't think anyone is more intrinsically holy. People experience God in many ways; and it seems to me that God does what the rest of us do: He chooses the means that best gets His message across.
Gene Wolfe
God
Best
Me
Experience
People
Rest
Think
Ways
Seems
More
He
Message
Does
His
Gets
Anyone
Us
Holy
Across
Means
Chooses
Many
I have read only the first 'Harry Potter' book. I thought it excellent, perhaps the best thing written for older children since The Hobbit. I wish the books had been around when my kids were the right age for them.
Gene Wolfe
Best
Age
Book
Thought
First
Wish
Older
Books
Harry
Harry Potter
Kids
Only
Potter
Excellent
Had
Written
Since
Perhaps
Read
Around
Were
Been
Hobbit
Children
Them
Right
Thing
My whole life experience feeds into my writing. I think that must be true for every writer. Clearly the Army and combat were major influences; just the same, you need to understand that many of the writers we have now couldn't load a revolver.
Gene Wolfe
Life
You
Army
Experience
Writing
Be True
Every
Think
Must
Life Experience
Writer
Writers
True
Feeds
Combat
Clearly
Major
Understand
Were
Same
Revolver
Just
Influences
Many
Whole
Now
Load
Need
Online publication is fine with me, in part because I hope to collect those stories later.
Gene Wolfe
Hope
Me
Later
Those
Collect
Fine
Online
Part
Because
Stories
Publication
Whether the medium is ready for consumers is better judged by those consumers. I sometimes read online - but not often. The stigma is attached to pay scales. Much online publication is no pay or small pay.
Gene Wolfe
Better
Sometimes
Pay
Medium
Those
Scales
Online
Small
Attached
Consumers
Read
Judged
Ready
Stigma
Often
Whether
Much
Publication
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