John M. Ford Quotes

I am..a mushroom On whom the dew of heaven drops now and then.

heaven

I long for the simplicity of theatre. I want lessons learned, comeuppances delivered, people sorted out, all before your bladder gets distractingly full. That's what I want. What I is what we all know, whether we'll admit it or not: every attempt to impose the roundness of a well-made play on reality produces a disaster. Life just isn't so, nor will it be made so.

simplicity theatre reality

The people who don't like it tend to dislike it intensely. That's unfortunate, but not surprising when one deliberately goes against audience expectations.

people

I'm very happy that the New York Times has spoken well of my stuff; who wouldn't be? But it's not a choice I made.

choice thetimes time

Creating the fictional background for a game world isn't significantly different from creating a background for fiction.

game games

At one point I intended to write precursor and sequel novels, about the establishment of the Web and its next evolution, but I am very unlikely to now; they would take place in a different universe.

places evolution