L. Sprague de Camp Quotes

L. Sprague de Camp — American Author born on November 27, 1907, died on November 06, 2000

Lyon Sprague de Camp — known as L. Sprague de Camp — was an American writer of science fiction, fantasy, non-fiction and biography. In a career spanning 60 years, he wrote over 100 books, including novels and works of non-fiction, including biographies of other fantasy authors. He was a major figure in science fiction during the genre's heyday in the 1930s and '40s... (wikipedia)

The story of civilization is, in a sense, the story of engineering - that long and arduous struggle to make the forces of nature work for man's good.

There is no mistaking the dismay on the face of a writer who has just heard that his brain child is a deformed idiot.

It does not pay a prophet to be too specific.

In writing a series of stories about the same characters, plan the whole series in advance in some detail, to avoid contradictions and inconsistencies.

L. Sprague de Camp Quotes

L. Sprague de Camp Quotes

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