What did Charles Stross mean by: Writing your own story around the same ideas is not plagiarism; at worst, it’s being unoriginal. - Charles Stross Writer · Scotland Copy
+ The trouble is, if you go too far towards being polite, the label that applies is “doormat”. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Charles Stross, Trouble, 0 - Charles Stross Writer · Scotland
+ Life begets intelligence, intelligence begets smart matter and a singularity. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Charles Stross, 0 - Charles Stross Writer · Scotland
+ If I forget, then it might as well never have happened. Memory is liberty. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Charles Stross, Liberty, Memories, 0 - Charles Stross Writer · Scotland
+ More often than not, piracy is a symptom of an under-provisioned market. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Charles Stross, Piracy, Symptoms, 0 - Charles Stross Writer · Scotland
+ The chip that functions abnormally will be desoldered, as they say. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Charles Stross, Chips, Function, 0 - Charles Stross Writer · Scotland
+ In general, a little controversy isn’t harmful: if anything, it gets people interested. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Charles Stross, Controversy, 0 - Charles Stross Writer · Scotland
+ While writing a novel I almost completely stop reading books in the same sub-genre for the duration. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Charles Stross, Book, Reading, Writing, 0 - Charles Stross Writer · Scotland
+ The Magician’s Land is a triumphant climax to the best fantasy trilogy of the decade. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Charles Stross, Fantasy, Land, 0 - Charles Stross Writer · Scotland
Whatever may be our natural talents, the art of writing is not acquired all at once. Explain - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
Literature flourishes best when it is half a trade and half an art. - William Ralph Inge Theologian and Anglican priest · England
One mark of a second-rate mind is to be always telling stories. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
To express truth is to write naturally, forcibly, and delicately. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
It is the glory and merit of some men to write well and of others not to write at all. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
The Opera is obviously the first draft of a fine spectacle; it suggests the idea of one. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
He who will not listen to any advice, nor be corrected in his writings, is a rank pedant. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
