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Robert Silverberg Quotes

I can list on one hand the famous science fiction writers I never met Picture Quote #1

We are born by accident into a purely random universe Picture Quote #1

Men of great spirit are at high risk at a time when small souls rule the world Picture Quote #1

Living, we fret. Dying, we live. I’ll keep that in mind. I’ll be of good cheer Picture Quote #1

Back in my pulp-mag days, I worked from about 8:30 to noon, took an hour off for lunch, and worked again from one to three, for a work day of five and a half hours or so. I wrote 20 to 30 pages of copy in that time, doing it all first draft, so that I was able to produce a short story of 5,000-7,500 words in a single day Picture Quote #1

Not all lawyers are annoying. Some are dead Picture Quote #1

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I find the world and all it contains extremely fascinating. Is this sinful? Picture Quote #1

Ignorance can’t be pardoned. Only cured Picture Quote #1

Unacceptable, maybe. But not unthinkable. Nothing’s unthinkable once somebody’s thought it Picture Quote #1

I hate no one, sir. It seems a waste of emotional energy Picture Quote #1

Never pass by a chance to shut up Picture Quote #1

Utopias are boring. Distopias on the other hand, are interesting Picture Quote #1

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Thus does the unyielding, inescapable future ineluctably devour the present Picture Quote #1

Having lost our present and our future, we had of necessity to bend all our endeavors to the past, which no one could take from us if only we were vigilant enough Picture Quote #1

Aristocrats might shrug, but commoners, dreading any collapse of the social order, wanted the rules of behavior to be observed Picture Quote #1

He didn’t have to observe the niceties of etiquette when talking to a computer Picture Quote #1

There are true unseen forces, but not nearly so many as we believe, nor would they rule us so sternly if we did not admit them to our souls. We would not be assailed half so often by devils, had we not taken the trouble to invent so many of them Picture Quote #1

Stale is stale and borrowed is borrowed, no matter how original your models may have been Picture Quote #1

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Living, we fret. Dying, we live. I’ll keep that in mind. I’ll be of good cheer Picture Quote #1

When you know that something is dying inside you, you learn not to put much trust in the random vitalities of the fleeting moment Picture Quote #1

It was like that all the time, in those years: an endless trip, a gaudy voyage. But powers decay. Time leaches the colors from the best of visions. The world becomes grayer. Entropy beats us down. Everything fades. Everything goes. Everything dies Picture Quote #1

Autobiography. Apparently one should not name the names of those one has been to bed with, or give explicit figures on the amount of money one has earned, those being the two data most eagerly sought by readers; all the rest is legitimate to reveal Picture Quote #1

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I can list on one hand the famous science fiction writers I never met (Robert Silverberg Quotes) We are born by accident into a purely random universe (Robert Silverberg Quotes) Men of great spirit are at high risk at a time when small souls rule the world (Robert Silverberg Quotes) Living, we fret. Dying, we live. I’ll keep that in mind. I’ll be of good cheer. (Robert Silverberg Quotes) Back in my pulp-mag days, I worked from about 8:30 to noon, took an hour off for lunch, and worked again from one to three, for a work day of five and a half hours or so. I wrote 20 to 30 pages of copy in that time, doing it all first draft, so that I was able to produce a short story of 5,000-7,500 words in a single day. (Robert Silverberg Quotes) Not all lawyers are annoying. Some are dead (Robert Silverberg Quotes) I find the world and all it contains extremely fascinating. Is this sinful? (Robert Silverberg Quotes) Ignorance can’t be pardoned. Only cured (Robert Silverberg Quotes) Unacceptable, maybe. But not unthinkable. Nothing’s unthinkable once somebody’s thought it (Robert Silverberg Quotes) I hate no one, sir. It seems a waste of emotional energy (Robert Silverberg Quotes) Never pass by a chance to shut up (Robert Silverberg Quotes) Utopias are boring. Distopias on the other hand, are interesting (Robert Silverberg Quotes) Thus does the unyielding, inescapable future ineluctably devour the present (Robert Silverberg Quotes) Having lost our present and our future, we had of necessity to bend all our endeavors to the past, which no one could take from us if only we were vigilant enough (Robert Silverberg Quotes) Aristocrats might shrug, but commoners, dreading any collapse of the social order, wanted the rules of behavior to be observed (Robert Silverberg Quotes) He didn’t have to observe the niceties of etiquette when talking to a computer (Robert Silverberg Quotes) There are true unseen forces, but not nearly so many as we believe, nor would they rule us so sternly if we did not admit them to our souls. We would not be assailed half so often by devils, had we not taken the trouble to invent so many of them (Robert Silverberg Quotes) Stale is stale and borrowed is borrowed, no matter how original your models may have been (Robert Silverberg Quotes) Living, we fret. Dying, we live. I’ll keep that in mind. I’ll be of good cheer (Robert Silverberg Quotes) When you know that something is dying inside you, you learn not to put much trust in the random vitalities of the fleeting moment (Robert Silverberg Quotes) It was like that all the time, in those years: an endless trip, a gaudy voyage. But powers decay. Time leaches the colors from the best of visions. The world becomes grayer. Entropy beats us down. Everything fades. Everything goes. Everything dies (Robert Silverberg Quotes) Autobiography. Apparently one should not name the names of those one has been to bed with, or give explicit figures on the amount of money one has earned, those being the two data most eagerly sought by readers; all the rest is legitimate to reveal (Robert Silverberg Quotes)