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The entertainment medium of film is particularly tuned to the present imaginations of people at large. A lot of fiction is intensely nostalgic Picture Quote #1

As a kid I wanted to write science fiction, and I was never without a book. Later I really got into being a scientist and never thought I’d be writing novels Picture Quote #1

Science fiction shows are traditionally about the gimmick or the gadget and tend to be emotionally cool to the touch Picture Quote #1

For a fiction writer, a storyteller, the world is full of stories, and when a story is there, it’s there, and you just reach up and pick it Picture Quote #1

The adage that fact is stranger than fiction seems to be especially true for the workings of the brain Picture Quote #1

The reason that truth is stranger than fiction is that fiction has to have a rational thread running through it in order to be believable, whereas reality may be totally irrational Picture Quote #1

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Reporting the extreme things as if they were the average things will start you on the art of fiction Picture Quote #1

A lot of the cosmologists and astrophysicists clearly had been reading science fiction Picture Quote #1

Because at bottom, I’m interested in fear, and in courage and cowardice and these are easier to get at through fiction, where you can enter people’s heads Picture Quote #1

Humour is a fine line to walk in poetry, as in fiction. I just think it’s harder to write. It’s harder to keep the respect of the reader too Picture Quote #1

I believe that, like most writers, my personality comes through in the fiction. So in that respect my writing can’t be like any other author’s really Picture Quote #1

I finally decided one day, reading science fiction magazines of the time, I could do at least as well as some of these people are doing. So I finally made a serious effort Picture Quote #1

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I’m only interested in fiction that in some way or other voices the very imagination which is conceiving it Picture Quote #1

Science fiction has a way of letting you talk about where we are in the world and letting you be a bit of a pop philosopher without being didactic Picture Quote #1

Travel books are, by and large, boring. They lodge uncomfortably between fact, fiction and autobiography Picture Quote #1

Change is the principal feature of our age and literature should explore how people deal with it. The best science fiction does that, head-on Picture Quote #1

Fiction was invented the day Jonas arrived home and told his wife that he was three days late because he had been swallowed by a whale Picture Quote #1

Forget romantic fiction, a survey has found that most women would rather read a good book than go shopping, have sex, or sleep Picture Quote #1

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I did one sci-fi movie. I did ‘Gattaca.’ I liked ‘Gattaca’ because that was always the kind of science fiction I really dug, the non-action oriented sci-fi Picture Quote #1

I don’t really see science fiction as fiction. I can imagine colonies on Mars and everything Picture Quote #1

I don’t think American poetry has gotten any better in the past 35 years. Oddly enough, creative writing programs seem to have been good for fiction, and I would not have predicted that Picture Quote #1

I had bohemian parents in Seattle in the last 60s living in a houseboat. My dad wrote science fiction novels and painted big murals and oil paintings Picture Quote #1

I have been a reader of Science Fiction and Fantasy for a long time, since I was 11 or 12 I think, so I understand it and I’m not at all surprised that readers of the genre might enjoy my books Picture Quote #1

I have heard Science Fiction and Fantasy referred to as the fiction of ideas, and I like that definition, but it’s the mainstream public that chooses my books for the most part Picture Quote #1

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I like fantasy. I like horror, science fiction because I can get avant-garde with those performances in those movies Picture Quote #1

I love the fact that it’s not only about Star Trek, but about science fiction in general, and science Picture Quote #1

I started in this racket in the early 70s, and when I was president of the Science Fiction Writers of America, of which I was like the sixth president, I was the first one nobody ever heard of Picture Quote #1

I was born in 1950 and watched science fiction and horror movies on TV and was always really fascinated by them Picture Quote #1

I’d always wanted the show to be more reality based science fiction, something along the lines of The Day the Earth Stood Still, which I consider to be the classic science fiction film Picture Quote #1

I’m mostly a novelist these days, but I have written short stories in Fantasy, Science Fiction and horror Picture Quote #1

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The entertainment medium of film is particularly tuned to the present imaginations of people at large. A lot of fiction is intensely nostalgic (Fiction Quotes) As a kid I wanted to write science fiction, and I was never without a book. Later I really got into being a scientist and never thought I’d be writing novels (Fiction Quotes) Science fiction shows are traditionally about the gimmick or the gadget and tend to be emotionally cool to the touch (Fiction Quotes) For a fiction writer, a storyteller, the world is full of stories, and when a story is there, it’s there, and you just reach up and pick it (Fiction Quotes) The adage that fact is stranger than fiction seems to be especially true for the workings of the brain (Fiction Quotes) The reason that truth is stranger than fiction is that fiction has to have a rational thread running through it in order to be believable, whereas reality may be totally irrational (Fiction Quotes) Reporting the extreme things as if they were the average things will start you on the art of fiction (Fiction Quotes) A lot of the cosmologists and astrophysicists clearly had been reading science fiction (Fiction Quotes) Because at bottom, I’m interested in fear, and in courage and cowardice and these are easier to get at through fiction, where you can enter people’s heads (Fiction Quotes) Humour is a fine line to walk in poetry, as in fiction. I just think it’s harder to write. It’s harder to keep the respect of the reader too (Fiction Quotes) I believe that, like most writers, my personality comes through in the fiction. So in that respect my writing can’t be like any other author’s really (Fiction Quotes) I finally decided one day, reading science fiction magazines of the time, I could do at least as well as some of these people are doing. So I finally made a serious effort (Fiction Quotes) I’m only interested in fiction that in some way or other voices the very imagination which is conceiving it (Fiction Quotes) Science fiction has a way of letting you talk about where we are in the world and letting you be a bit of a pop philosopher without being didactic (Fiction Quotes) Travel books are, by and large, boring. They lodge uncomfortably between fact, fiction and autobiography (Fiction Quotes) Change is the principal feature of our age and literature should explore how people deal with it. The best science fiction does that, head-on (Fiction Quotes) Fiction was invented the day Jonas arrived home and told his wife that he was three days late because he had been swallowed by a whale (Fiction Quotes) Forget romantic fiction, a survey has found that most women would rather read a good book than go shopping, have sex, or sleep (Fiction Quotes) I did one sci-fi movie. I did ‘Gattaca.’ I liked ‘Gattaca’ because that was always the kind of science fiction I really dug, the non-action oriented sci-fi (Fiction Quotes) I don’t really see science fiction as fiction. I can imagine colonies on Mars and everything (Fiction Quotes) I don’t think American poetry has gotten any better in the past 35 years. Oddly enough, creative writing programs seem to have been good for fiction, and I would not have predicted that (Fiction Quotes) I had bohemian parents in Seattle in the last 60s living in a houseboat. My dad wrote science fiction novels and painted big murals and oil paintings (Fiction Quotes) I have been a reader of Science Fiction and Fantasy for a long time, since I was 11 or 12 I think, so I understand it and I’m not at all surprised that readers of the genre might enjoy my books (Fiction Quotes) I have heard Science Fiction and Fantasy referred to as the fiction of ideas, and I like that definition, but it’s the mainstream public that chooses my books for the most part (Fiction Quotes) I like fantasy. I like horror, science fiction because I can get avant-garde with those performances in those movies (Fiction Quotes) I love the fact that it’s not only about Star Trek, but about science fiction in general, and science (Fiction Quotes) I started in this racket in the early 70s, and when I was president of the Science Fiction Writers of America, of which I was like the sixth president, I was the first one nobody ever heard of (Fiction Quotes) I was born in 1950 and watched science fiction and horror movies on TV and was always really fascinated by them (Fiction Quotes) I’d always wanted the show to be more reality based science fiction, something along the lines of The Day the Earth Stood Still, which I consider to be the classic science fiction film (Fiction Quotes) I’m mostly a novelist these days, but I have written short stories in Fantasy, Science Fiction and horror (Fiction Quotes)

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