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Top 30 Sarah Zettel Quotes (2025 Update)

Sarah Zettel Quote: “Now, of course, the great thing about the solar system as a frontier is that there are no Indians, so you can have all the glory of the myth of the American westward expansion without any of the guilt.”

1. “Now, of course, the great thing about the solar system as a frontier is that there are no Indians, so you can have all the glory of the myth of the American westward expansion without any of the guilt.”

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Sarah Zettel Quote: “When I was in college, I spent a summer working in London. I’d enjoyed tea before that, but then I got actual, really good tea there and never looked back.”

2. “When I was in college, I spent a summer working in London. I’d enjoyed tea before that, but then I got actual, really good tea there and never looked back.”

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Sarah Zettel Quote: “Becoming a mother cannot help but change things. An author’s life is reflected in their writing, whether they want it to be or not, and parenthood is one of the biggest life changes there is.”

3. “Becoming a mother cannot help but change things. An author’s life is reflected in their writing, whether they want it to be or not, and parenthood is one of the biggest life changes there is.”

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Sarah Zettel Quote: “Then, I realized that there is an indigenous presence in the Solar System. It’s us. So, then, I got to wondering what would happen if a more technologically advanced society moved next door to us, the way we moved next door to the American Indians.”

4. “Then, I realized that there is an indigenous presence in the Solar System. It’s us. So, then, I got to wondering what would happen if a more technologically advanced society moved next door to us, the way we moved next door to the American Indians.”

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Sarah Zettel Quote: “All of this got me thinking about the history of the westward expansion, and got me to wondering how the exploration of the Solar System would be changed if there were an indigenous presence out there.”

5. “All of this got me thinking about the history of the westward expansion, and got me to wondering how the exploration of the Solar System would be changed if there were an indigenous presence out there.”

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Sarah Zettel Quote: “I reject the notion that we must tell girls that the only way to be valid human beings is to turn themselves into boys.”

6. “I reject the notion that we must tell girls that the only way to be valid human beings is to turn themselves into boys.”

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Sarah Zettel Quote: “I myself was born in Sacramento, California in 1966.”

7. “I myself was born in Sacramento, California in 1966.”

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8. “My joking answer to this question is that I leave a bowl of milk out on the back porch every night for the Idea Fairy. In the morning, the milk is gone and there’s a brand-new shiny idea by the bowl.”

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Sarah Zettel Quote: “Now, Venus is an extremely hostile environment, and as such presents a lot of challenges for a science fiction author who wants to create life there. However, as I began to research it more thoroughly, I found myself intrigued by the possibilities the world offers.”

9. “Now, Venus is an extremely hostile environment, and as such presents a lot of challenges for a science fiction author who wants to create life there. However, as I began to research it more thoroughly, I found myself intrigued by the possibilities the world offers.”

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Sarah Zettel Quote: “I graduated from the University of Michigan with a BA in Communications and left formal education behind.”

10. “I graduated from the University of Michigan with a BA in Communications and left formal education behind.”

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Sarah Zettel Quote: “I describe my plots as follows; A character is walking down the street when all of a sudden a piano falls on them. They spend the rest of the story digging out from under that piano. How they dig, how long and how well, this all depends entirely on the character.”

11. “I describe my plots as follows; A character is walking down the street when all of a sudden a piano falls on them. They spend the rest of the story digging out from under that piano. How they dig, how long and how well, this all depends entirely on the character.”

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Sarah Zettel Quote: “I have a better internal and intuitive understanding of folklore and myth than science and technology, so in that way fantasy is easier.”

12. “I have a better internal and intuitive understanding of folklore and myth than science and technology, so in that way fantasy is easier.”

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Sarah Zettel Quote: “The Lord of the Rings movie set an entirely new standard for fantasy in the movies.”

13. “The Lord of the Rings movie set an entirely new standard for fantasy in the movies.”

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Sarah Zettel Quote: “I think the diversity of authors and readers is expanding, which is wonderful, because it means the type of story being told is also expanding.”

14. “I think the diversity of authors and readers is expanding, which is wonderful, because it means the type of story being told is also expanding.”

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Sarah Zettel Quote: “I’m mostly a novelist these days, but I have written short stories in Fantasy, Science Fiction and horror.”

15. “I’m mostly a novelist these days, but I have written short stories in Fantasy, Science Fiction and horror.”

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Sarah Zettel Quote: “As far as the writing goes, I started telling stories as soon as I could talk, and started writing them down as soon as I could string words together.”

16. “As far as the writing goes, I started telling stories as soon as I could talk, and started writing them down as soon as I could string words together.”

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Sarah Zettel Quote: “I did not want to write a story about the invasion of Earth, so I had to create a race capable of living nearby, which meant to either on the Moon, on Mars, or on Venus. I picked Venus.”

17. “I did not want to write a story about the invasion of Earth, so I had to create a race capable of living nearby, which meant to either on the Moon, on Mars, or on Venus. I picked Venus.”

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Sarah Zettel Quote: “If I get blocked, it is generally because I don’t know enough about some aspect of the story or the characters. The answer for this is generally more research, or making more background notes, so the place and person can be more fully realized inside my own mind.”

18. “If I get blocked, it is generally because I don’t know enough about some aspect of the story or the characters. The answer for this is generally more research, or making more background notes, so the place and person can be more fully realized inside my own mind.”

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Sarah Zettel Quote: “When I’m not at the keyboard, I’m generally reading, practicing tai chi or middle eastern dance, or cooking.”

19. “When I’m not at the keyboard, I’m generally reading, practicing tai chi or middle eastern dance, or cooking.”

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Sarah Zettel Quote: “For an author to show that only traditional male power and place matter is to discount and belittle the hard and complex lives of our peers and our ancestresses.”

20. “For an author to show that only traditional male power and place matter is to discount and belittle the hard and complex lives of our peers and our ancestresses.”

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Sarah Zettel Quote: “I think people enjoy a series. When you like a story, many readers want more of the same, which is dandy, if the author and the characters have more to say.”

21. “I think people enjoy a series. When you like a story, many readers want more of the same, which is dandy, if the author and the characters have more to say.”

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Sarah Zettel Quote: “First and foremost, The Quiet Invasion is a first contact story. What would we do if we actually found evidence of alien life out there? It’s also about politics.”

22. “First and foremost, The Quiet Invasion is a first contact story. What would we do if we actually found evidence of alien life out there? It’s also about politics.”

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Sarah Zettel Quote: “I suppose if I was to have to pick a few, Ursula LeGuin would have to top the list. It was while reading her work that I decided I wanted to be an author.”

23. “I suppose if I was to have to pick a few, Ursula LeGuin would have to top the list. It was while reading her work that I decided I wanted to be an author.”

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Sarah Zettel Quote: “I have to do more close research and fact checking for the science fiction. This is not however to say that writing good fantasy does not involve doing good research.”

24. “I have to do more close research and fact checking for the science fiction. This is not however to say that writing good fantasy does not involve doing good research.”

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Sarah Zettel Quote: “I feel SF is going through an experimental phase right now.”

25. “I feel SF is going through an experimental phase right now.”

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Sarah Zettel Quote: “I’m told my SF is of the hard variety and my Fantasy is romantic but hopefully all the characters are strong and the plots are lively.”

26. “I’m told my SF is of the hard variety and my Fantasy is romantic but hopefully all the characters are strong and the plots are lively.”

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Sarah Zettel Quote: “Octavia Butler, of course, is brilliant and disturbing.”

27. “Octavia Butler, of course, is brilliant and disturbing.”

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Sarah Zettel Quote: “I did not feel I could create a more beautiful or interesting Mars than Kim Stanley Robinson or Greg Bear had, so I turned my attention elsewhere.”

28. “I did not feel I could create a more beautiful or interesting Mars than Kim Stanley Robinson or Greg Bear had, so I turned my attention elsewhere.”

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Sarah Zettel Quote: “So, one of the things I was doing with the aliens in The Quiet Invasion was creating that advanced society which had ideas about morality and proper use of natural resources that were radically different from ours, as the Europeans were from the American Indians.”

29. “So, one of the things I was doing with the aliens in The Quiet Invasion was creating that advanced society which had ideas about morality and proper use of natural resources that were radically different from ours, as the Europeans were from the American Indians.”

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Sarah Zettel Quote: “Fantasy is, of course, booming, and I think it’s beginning to stretch its range as well.”

30. “Fantasy is, of course, booming, and I think it’s beginning to stretch its range as well.”

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Sarah Zettel Quote: “Actually, after while, finding the ideas is the easy part. Sorting them through and turning them into stories, now, that’s the hard work.”

31. “Actually, after while, finding the ideas is the easy part. Sorting them through and turning them into stories, now, that’s the hard work.”

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Sarah Zettel Quote: “Fortunately, many people also enjoy a stand-alone as a sample of something new, like trying the special at a favourite restaurant one night instead of going for the usual.”

32. “Fortunately, many people also enjoy a stand-alone as a sample of something new, like trying the special at a favourite restaurant one night instead of going for the usual.”

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Sarah Zettel Quote: “We must be bold. Timidity will yield us nothing.”

33. “We must be bold. Timidity will yield us nothing.”

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