Ray Daley > Quotes

“You can please none of the people most of the time.
And some of the people none of the time.

There's no pleasing anyone.”
― Ray Daley

“The secret to my success is the love & support of a good bar of chocolate”
― Ray Daley

“It does a body good to be humbled by ones peers, it grounds you. Once your feet are on the ground you can only go up from there.”
― Ray Daley

“Failure is merely success at being unsuccessful.”
― Ray Daley

“Unless a story has a specific ending you know when you start it then a story is as long as a story needs to be.
It's over when the writer decides its over.”
― Ray Daley

“The moon tolerates no mistakes, she is indeed a harsh mistress. Bobby Heinlein was spot on there.”
― Ray Daley, Milk Run

“You know that saying "you couldn't make it up"?
It's complete nonsense, of COURSE you could make it up.
Otherwise how else do authors remain in business?
"He's making it up as he goes along!”
― Ray Daley

“The ignorance of impossibility makes tasks seem much more attainable.”
― Ray Daley

“You can't live your life based on "what if" or "what might have been".
Unless you're a Science Fiction Author, in which case - go nuts and have at it!”
― Ray Daley

“If you try at something & you can't do it, don't think of it as failure.
You merely succeeded backwards.
And at least you tried.”
― Ray Daley

“Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most. Good old Sammy Clemens, how right he was.”
― Ray Daley, One Plus One Makes Me

“To know who you are, you must know who you have been.”
― Ray Daley, Terminator; The Razors Edge

“A problem only exists until you apply your mind to a solution”
― Ray Daley

“No-one ever even came close to Deimos. It was the ginger stepchild of Martian moons.”
― Ray Daley, Milk Run

“Science Fiction is writing about the future in the past tense.”
― Ray Daley