About Aaron Allston

Aaron Dale Allstonwas an American game designer and author of many science fiction books, notably Star Wars novels. His works as a game designer include game supplements for role-playing games, several of which served to establish the basis for products and subsequent development of TSR’s Dungeons & Dragons game setting Mystara.

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Life is like an analogy.

Aaron Allston

American writer (1960-2014)

When all else fails, complicate matters.

Aaron Allston

American writer (1960-2014)

I’m content to stand on tradition. I’m even more content to wipe my feet on it.

Aaron Allston

American writer (1960-2014)

The principle of Sturgeon’s Razor states that the simplest answer to any problem is 90% crap.

Aaron Allston

American writer (1960-2014)

Violence is the first refuge of the violent.

Aaron Allston

American writer (1960-2014)

Any sufficiently badly-written science is indistinguishable from magic.

Aaron Allston

American writer (1960-2014)

Feminism is sort of like God. Many people profess to believe in it, but no one seems to be able to define it to everyone’s satisfaction.

Aaron Allston

American writer (1960-2014)

If you hack the Vatican server, have you tampered in God’s domain?

Aaron Allston

American writer (1960-2014)

There are two types of people in the world, and I’m one of them.

Aaron Allston

American writer (1960-2014)

Definition of ‘Free’: You pay for it whether or not you elect to receive it.

Aaron Allston

American writer (1960-2014)

The way to a man’s heart is through his chest.

Aaron Allston

American writer (1960-2014)

Where can I get some tat? I’d like to trade it in.

Aaron Allston

American writer (1960-2014)

I really can’t complain about actresses who get paid to be dumb. Most of us can’t get paid to be smart.

Aaron Allston

American writer (1960-2014)

This would not be a problem if I were driving a snowplow.

Aaron Allston

American writer (1960-2014)

The difference between tragedy and comedy: Tragedy is something awful happening to somebody else, while comedy is something awful happening to somebody else.

Aaron Allston

American writer (1960-2014)

No one pays me to be nice.

Aaron Allston

American writer (1960-2014)

Lawyers are the first refuge of the incompetent.

Aaron Allston

American writer (1960-2014)

Luck consists largely of hanging on by your fingernails until things start to go your way.

Aaron Allston

American writer (1960-2014)

The analysis of the thing is not the thing itself.

Aaron Allston

American writer (1960-2014)