“Rattle a lawyer's door and you get more lawyers.”
Source: Chanur's Legacy: A Novel of Compact Space
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Famous C. J. Cherryh Quotes
Source: Chanur's Legacy: A Novel of Compact Space
“If you're up against a smart opponent, make him think himself to death.”
Source: Intruder
“Nothing's hopeless except never trying.”
Source: Rusalka
Source: The Deep Beyond
“My worlds are complex, and often suggest more than one story.”
“It is perfectly okay to write garbage – as long as you edit brilliantly.”
“Deal with the Devil if the Devil has a constituency - and don't complain about the heat.”
“Watch out for a man whose enemies keep disappearing.”
Source: Deceiver
“Culture is how biology responds and makes its living conditions better.”
Source: Invader: Book Two of Foreigner
“For me the purest and truest art in the world is science fiction.”
Source: The Collected Short Fiction of C.J. Cherryh
Source: Invader: Book Two of Foreigner
“Poisoning rarely happens in a well-managed kitchen.”
Source: Pretender
Source: Chanur's Legacy
“I do not think any SFWA communication should come anywhere NEAR the internet.”