I’m just finishing my work toward a degree, and, having read your books, I feel that I want to devote my life to saving the world. What guidance or suggestions do you have for me? Categories: I Have a Question On a Specific Subject, I'd Like Some Advice|Tags: Evolution, Quinn's Motivations, Revolution, Tribal (tribe)| Read More
I wonder how you would feel about someone creating electronic files of your work and making them available for free a la Napster. Categories: I Have a Question On a Specific Subject|Tags: Careers, Political Correctness, Quinn's Motivations, Technology, Writing and Publishing| Read More
Your books have touched me and my life in ways that are unimaginable and indescribable to you. I am an excellent writer and a strong advocate of your beliefs. I will work for you for free until the day I die, promoting and advocating the belief system that you have so thoroughly inspired in me. Categories: I Need Some Clarification, I'd Like Some Advice|Tags: Evolution, Quinn's Motivations, Revolution| Read More
After reading all your books to date and listening to The Book of the Damned on audio I keep wondering what exactly you mean by “the gods.”I took it to mean that Leavers were, and still are, living at the whim of nature and simply taking what comes free and not worrying about what is to come next. I assumed that you did not actually mean any god or gods in specific.Am I interpreting “The gods” correctly? Categories: I Need Some Clarification|Tags: Animism, Christian, Leavers & Takers, Quinn's Motivations, Religion| Read More
I just watched the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks on TV for the 100th time since September 11th. I am angry, scared, frustrated, and finally, totally dispondant about the entire state of the world. What’s your reaction to this whole thing? Categories: I Have a Question On a Specific Subject, I Need Some Clarification, I'd Like Some Advice|Tags: Political Correctness, Quinn's Motivations, Religion| Read More
There’s a lot of upheaval about Gore losing the election because of Nader’s supporters. As citizens concerned about this planet, what should we do? It is an important decision to make, and I believe many would appreciate your thoughts. Categories: Here's My Opinion; What's Yours?, I Have a Question On a Specific Subject, I'd Like Some Advice|Tags: Beyond Civilization, Education, Quinn's Motivations| Read More
Why a gorilla? Categories: I Have a Question About the Books/the Characters|Tags: Ishmael, My Ishmael, Quinn's Motivations| Read More
Okay, so you have grown up in this society that is ruled by mother culture’s values, and lived your whole life in it. How did you see the invisible questions and rules that Mother Culture tells you day after day, week after week, year after year, to write down in your books? What caused you to see these messages that are repeated so often that no one knows they’re there anymore? Categories: I Have a Question About Daniel Quinn, I Have a Question On a Specific Subject|Tags: Education, Political Correctness, Quinn's Motivations, Revolution, Technology| Read More
Exactly what did Ishmael die of? Categories: I Have a Question About the Books/the Characters|Tags: Ishmael, Quinn's Motivations, Writing and Publishing| Read More
I want to find my way, but I don’t believe that I will. I feel very much like your Jeffrey (except, thank god, for the self-destruction). I read a story once where someone used the analogy of a compass to describe a person. That’s how I feel, like a compass with the needle spinning in circles. Except there is no north for me. Categories: I Have a Question On a Specific Subject, I'd Like Some Advice|Tags: Careers, Quinn's Motivations, Tribal (tribe)| Read More
