Whenever anything bubbles up, I have to put it down. I have bits and pieces all over my hard drive. Diana Gabaldon Read Quote
From the late ’70s to the early ’90s, I wrote anything anybody would pay me for. This ranged from articles on how to clean a longhorn cow’s skull for living-room decoration to manuals on elementary math instruction on the Apple II… to a slew of software reviews and application articles done for the computer press. Diana Gabaldon Read Quote
Part of my purpose in my books has been to tell the complete story of a relationship and a marriage, not just to end with ‘happily ever after,’ leaving the protagonists at the altar or in bed… I wanted to show some of the complicated business of actually living a successful marriage. Diana Gabaldon Read Quote
I particularly like the bookshops at National Parks and battlefields; they often have very unusual and helpful things. Diana Gabaldon Read Quote
In 18th-century Scotland, the main event was the Jacobite rebellion under Bonnie Prince Charlie, so that seems like a nice dramatic backdrop. Diana Gabaldon Read Quote
I do recall loving ‘All Quiet on the Western Front,’ and I know I read it in a schoolroom, but I think I was in the sixth grade at the time, so it probably wasn’t assigned reading. Diana Gabaldon Read Quote
I don’t think I ever consciously separated ‘school’ books from any others; I just read anything that came across my path. Diana Gabaldon Read Quote
I’ve read a lot of classic literature from assorted cultures, and always glad to read more when one comes across my path – but why be embarrassed by the fact that flesh and blood has limits? Nobody’s read everything. Diana Gabaldon Read Quote
