Diana Gabaldon Quotes

Diana Gabaldon — American Author born on January 11, 1952,

Diana J. Gabaldon is an American author, known for the Outlander series of novels. Her books merge multiple genres, featuring elements of historical fiction, romance, mystery, adventure and science fiction/fantasy. A television adaptation of the novels called Outlander premiered on Starz in 2014... (wikipedia)

What underlies great science is what underlies great art, whether it is visual or written, and that is the ability to distinguish patterns out of chaos.

People assume that science is a very cold sort of profession, whereas writing novels is a warm and fuzzy intuitive thing. But in fact, they are not at all different.

I don't plot the books out ahead of time, I don't plan them. I don't begin at the beginning and end at the end. I don't work with an outline and I don't work in a straight line.

I work late at night. I'm awake and nobody bothers me. It's quiet and things come and talk to me in the silence.

Conflict and character are the heart of good fiction, and good mystery has both of those in spades.