Dan Simmons Art Quotations

There's a unique bond of trust between readers and authors that I don't believe exists in any other art form; as a reader, I trust a novelist to give me his or her best effort, however flawed.

Nothing helps an artist's career more than a little death and obscurity.

Seduction... was both a science and art - a blend of skill, discipline, proximity, and opportunity. Mostly proximity.

Doing a life study while drunk and in the process of being seduced is never a formula for quality art.

Artists recognize other artists as soon as the pencil begins to move.