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Top 15 Harry Turtledove Quotes (2025 Update)

Harry Turtledove Quote: “I’m a social caterpillar. I am not a social butterfly.”

1. “I’m a social caterpillar. I am not a social butterfly.”

— Harry Turtledove

Harry Turtledove Quote: “I learned by reading an awful lot and by writing a half a million words of stuff nobody would do anything with except wrap old fish.”

2. “I learned by reading an awful lot and by writing a half a million words of stuff nobody would do anything with except wrap old fish.”

— Harry Turtledove

Harry Turtledove Quote: “I first tried a novel when I was 14. First finished one when I was 16. First started working on stuff that had a chance of being salable in my early 20s, then didn’t write much fiction at all because I was in grad school.”

3. “I first tried a novel when I was 14. First finished one when I was 16. First started working on stuff that had a chance of being salable in my early 20s, then didn’t write much fiction at all because I was in grad school.”

— Harry Turtledove

Harry Turtledove Quote: “Fiction has to be plausible. All history has to do is happen.”

4. “Fiction has to be plausible. All history has to do is happen.”

— Harry Turtledove

Harry Turtledove Quote: “What does not corrupt a man’s heart cannot corrupt his life, or do him any lasting harm.”

5. “What does not corrupt a man’s heart cannot corrupt his life, or do him any lasting harm.”

— Harry Turtledove

Harry Turtledove Quote: “The difference between bad and worse is a lot bigger than the difference between good and better.”

6. “The difference between bad and worse is a lot bigger than the difference between good and better.”

— Harry Turtledove

Harry Turtledove Quote: “People you don’t like are pigheaded. Your friends are stubborn, or hold to their purpose.”

7. “People you don’t like are pigheaded. Your friends are stubborn, or hold to their purpose.”

— Harry Turtledove

Harry Turtledove Quote: “A horsefly can’t do a horse much real damage, but it can drive it wild anyhow.”

8. “A horsefly can’t do a horse much real damage, but it can drive it wild anyhow.”

— Harry Turtledove

Harry Turtledove Quote: “If you’re gonna be broke, you could pick plenty of worse places to do it than Tacoma. It’s not too hot; it’s not too cold. It’s as green as any place could want to be. You’ve got the bay on one side and the mountains on the other. Mount Rainier is as big and beautiful a mountain as anybody would ever care to see. When you could see it through the haze, I mean. Even when it’s not raining around there, the air’s damp. No wonder it’s all so green. Tacoma.”

9. “If you’re gonna be broke, you could pick plenty of worse places to do it than Tacoma. It’s not too hot; it’s not too cold. It’s as green as any place could want to be. You’ve got the bay on one side and the mountains on the other. Mount Rainier is as big and beautiful a mountain as anybody would ever care to see. When you could see it through the haze, I mean. Even when it’s not raining around there, the air’s damp. No wonder it’s all so green. Tacoma.”

— Harry Turtledove

Harry Turtledove Quote: “Many things are possible. Few things are certain.”

10. “Many things are possible. Few things are certain.”

— Harry Turtledove

Harry Turtledove Quote: “You can write better about a place you’ve seen for yourself. You don’t have to have been there – I’ve sure written about places I’ve never seen – but it does help.”

11. “You can write better about a place you’ve seen for yourself. You don’t have to have been there – I’ve sure written about places I’ve never seen – but it does help.”

— Harry Turtledove

Harry Turtledove Quote: “I do first draft in longhand, which saves a lot of rewriting. I try to get a certain amount done each day. Don’t always, but I try. Then I clean up in the rewrites.”

12. “I do first draft in longhand, which saves a lot of rewriting. I try to get a certain amount done each day. Don’t always, but I try. Then I clean up in the rewrites.”

— Harry Turtledove

Harry Turtledove Quote: “When you thought of permanent oblivion, temporary oblivion was the only foxhole you had.”

13. “When you thought of permanent oblivion, temporary oblivion was the only foxhole you had.”

— Harry Turtledove

Harry Turtledove Quote: “People were as they were, not not as he wished them to be.”

14. “People were as they were, not not as he wished them to be.”

— Harry Turtledove

Harry Turtledove Quote: “Holy Jesus God, it’s the Gerps shootin’ us up!” the manager shouted. He hadn’t known whether to say Germans or Japs, and came out with both at once.”

15. “Holy Jesus God, it’s the Gerps shootin’ us up!” the manager shouted. He hadn’t known whether to say Germans or Japs, and came out with both at once.”

— Harry Turtledove

Harry Turtledove Quote: “Jerry had trouble imagining himself in his thirties, much less his seventies. What would 2024 look like? The politics would have to be better than today’s. They couldn’t very well be any worse!”

16. “Jerry had trouble imagining himself in his thirties, much less his seventies. What would 2024 look like? The politics would have to be better than today’s. They couldn’t very well be any worse!”

— Harry Turtledove

Harry Turtledove Quote: “The United States are here, as are we; our two nations have a common border which stretches for two thousand miles, more or less. Either we learn not to be distracted by our differences or we fight a war every generation, as the nations of Europe are in the habit of doing. I would not care to see such folly come to our shores.”

17. “The United States are here, as are we; our two nations have a common border which stretches for two thousand miles, more or less. Either we learn not to be distracted by our differences or we fight a war every generation, as the nations of Europe are in the habit of doing. I would not care to see such folly come to our shores.”

— Harry Turtledove

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