Sue Tupper Smock

“Atheism is unprovable, so uninteresting. However unlikely it is, we can never be certain that God once existed—and has now shot off to infinity, where no one can ever find him… Like Gautama Buddha, I take no position on this subject.”
― Arthur C. Clarke, 3001: The Final Odyssey

“Fantasy writing must be grounded in both truth and life experience if it is to work. It can be as inventive and creative as the writer can make it, a whirlwind of images and plot twists, but it cannot be built on a foundation of air. The world must be identifiable with our own, must offer us a frame of reference we can recognize.”

“Fantasy stories work because the writer has interwoven bits and pieces of reality with imagination to form a personal vision.”
― Terry Brooks

“Commitment is a journey that works best when each step taken is carefully measured.”
― Terry Brooks, The Darkling Child

“Now I can rejoice that I knew you, rather than mourn because I lost you.”
― Arthur C. Clarke, Songs of Distant Earth