Laura Anne Gilman Quotes
Born: June 14, 1967
Laura Anne Gilman is a visionary voice in the nexus of technology and human potential, celebrated for her incisive explorations of how innovation reshapes our world. Her work, spanning speculative fiction and thought leadership, dissects the ethical and emotional landscapes of progress, arguing that true advancement lies not in the tools we build but in the courage to question them. Gilman’s philosophy champions resilience, curiosity, and the messy beauty of creation, rejecting fear of the unknown in favor of embracing its possibilities. Her quotes resonate because they strip away jargon, revealing the raw, human core of every breakthrough—reminding us that technology’s greatest legacy is the story it helps us tell.
Laura Anne Gilman Quotes (10)
"When I first started working on 'Staying Dead,' I got some well-meaning but negative feedback from industry folk because - back in 2001 - epic fantasy was still the big thing, alternate history a tight runner-up."
— Laura Anne Gilman"I have opinions, sure, but they're mine, not something I'm going to insist everyone else take as any kind of gospel."
— Laura Anne Gilman"A reviewer once commented that my urban fantasy novels were paced more like epic fantasy, in that they relied on complex world-building and a gradual immersion in the lives of the characters."
— Laura Anne Gilman"The classic epic fantasy is good versus evil, underdog against power."
— Laura Anne Gilman"Winemakers have to adapt to what they're given by nature: the vines, the fruit, the soil and the weather."
— Laura Anne Gilman"I think getting up every morning is the most amazing thing any of us do. We know what's out there, and yet we keep going."
— Laura Anne Gilman"In my next life, I want to be a housecat. Naps all the time!"
— Laura Anne Gilman"You're an artist when you're writing, a businessperson the rest of the time."
— Laura Anne Gilman"I tend not to reread books, because there's always something new to discover, but Dorothy Sayers is a comfort grab for me - there's no mood so bleak or cold so bad that Lord Peter and Bunter can't make it right."
— Laura Anne Gilman"Every time we revise our history, we also revise the mythology of our history."
— Laura Anne Gilman