“For most of us, fanfiction is a non-issue. Even for midlist writers. W...” — Catherynne M. Valente Quote

“For most of us, fanfiction is a non-issue. Even for midlist writers. We will never be popular enough for people to play in our worlds with any frequency. The problem for us is getting people to read and care about our books that much in the first place.”

“Death is not a checkmate…it is more like a carnival trick. You cannot win, no matter how you move your Queen.”

“It seems like every few years a big name author will holler something about how evil, heinous, and morally wrong fan fiction and fan fiction writers are, and then the Internet gets all upset and shocked, and then the author is shocked that people could get so upset.”

“I have a very high frequency of anger, and a very high frequency of sadness.”

“We can prevent unfair advantage, and we can avoid the destabilizing effect that high frequency trading can have.”

“This is funny because I just had a job over the summer for VH1, a project I did called Strange Frequency where I got to play a Goth rock band singer.”