I could write historical fiction, or science fiction, or a mystery but since I find it fascinating to research the clues of… — Jean M. Auel Copy Share Image
“Money is a tool we use to reach certain ends. Nothing more, nothing less. It’s hard to come by, though, so when… — Michael Monroe Copy Share Image
“From the dark forest that bordered the soft ploughed fields, came a low cry that did not belong to any animal. It… — Peter James West Copy Share Image
I think readers nowadays are happy to have genres blurred. We're seeing that on screen too: The Pirates of the Caribbean mashes… — Colette Freedman Copy Share Image
“She didn’t watch the dead, ancient bone-chess cities slide under, or the old canals filled with emptiness and dreams. Past dry rivers… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“It didn’t belong to anything and nothing belonged to it. It searched for eternities trying to find a host… a carrier… a… — E.C. Lemus Copy Share Image
My dad was always such a frustrated artist. He always worked very hard to support his family, doing a bunch of ridiculous… — Rainn Wilson Copy Share Image
My fiction is reviewed by the mainstream press, by science fiction periodicals, romance magazines, small press publications and various other journals, including… — Jean M. Auel Copy Share Image
“Her head dropped into her hands. Dammit! She’d spent months preparing for the challenges of a war against an immortal enemy wielding… — G.S. Jennsen Copy Share Image
That's what 'Star Trek' was: We don't know how to make an ideal society, but we're going to portray that, and then… — Margot Lee Shetterly Copy Share Image
“Zombies are not just fictional creatures that devour the flesh of the living. They also include those who follow the words of… — Joseph McGinnis Copy Share Image
Having a super-brain does not suddenly make you a dictator of the world. So we don't have to fear the scenarios of… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
“Red, orange and green geometric designs painted its body as well as the flimsy collar around its neck. The creature flicked its… — Marcha A. Fox Copy Share Image
I grew up as an artist. Science fiction allows for design and creatures and guns and all the stuff that I like… — Neill Blomkamp Copy Share Image
“When I started reading the literature of molecular biology, I was stunned by certain descriptions. Admittedly, I was on the lookout for… — Jeremy Narby Copy Share Image
“But Time Lords always travel in the T – in their Spectrels, don't they?" "Only if absolutely necessary." "You what?" "It's another… — Mark Speed Copy Share Image
“Tragedy often gives birth to courage, it offers man a platform to change what will be." Eli Storm, Emanuel Stone And The… — Isaac Solomon Copy Share Image
Science fiction is the search for a definition of mankind and his status in the universe which will stand in our advanced… — Brian Aldiss Copy Share Image
A lot of the things you see in science fiction revolve around black holes because black holes are strong enough to rip… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
“Oh, "Tanstaafl." Means "There ain't no such thing as a free lunch." And isn't,' I added, pointing to a FREE LUNCH sign… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
Like steampunk, silkpunk is a blend of science fiction and fantasy. But while steampunk takes its inspiration from the chrome-brass-glass technology aesthetic… — Ken Liu Copy Share Image
“I have zero respect for knowledge, that’s what computers are for. Imagination is the kicker because imagination can extrapolate, create and solve,… — Steve Merrick Copy Share Image
“He wondered what his father had been thinking in those last final moments as he was slipping away, whether the heroism, the… — Barry Kirwan Copy Share Image
I think the type of actor I am, I tend to play strong leading female characters. The shows I've been on happen… — Alaina Huffman Copy Share Image
Science fiction writers, I am sorry to say, really do not know anything. We can't talk about science, because our knowledge of… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
When people ask me to define science fiction and fantasy I say they are the literatures that explore the fact that we… — Nalo Hopkinson Copy Share Image
I had a conversation with a biologist in an art gallery, and he persuaded me that it was possible to grow a… — Suzanne Lee Copy Share Image
“What is it in humans that makes us so eager to believe ill of one another? ... What makes us so hungry… — Mary Doria Russell Copy Share Image
“Jane woke, stretched, and decided to kill herself. If she hadn’t found a reason to live by the end of the day… — Adam Baker Copy Share Image
I've always been kind of a mutt creatively. I started off in journalism, and I've actually done more police and procedural shows… — J. Michael Straczynski Copy Share Image
The idea of science fiction, mythology, and creating a world is my favourite thing. I do love the reality of dramas and… — Hannah John-Kamen Copy Share Image
“By the time the Somnambulist had set her creaking bones to rest on their assigned landing pad, Holden had lost all patience… — James S.A. Corey Copy Share Image
'Star Wars' is a grand soap opera, and 'Star Trek' is about technology, they tried to explain the reality of it, as… — Robert Kazinsky Copy Share Image
“If you have people do some magic, impossible thing by stroking a talisman or praying to a tree, it's fantasy; if they… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
A lot of times, you think of things as being science fiction, but the creation of the ideas makes you want to… — Peggy Whitson Copy Share Image
In my 20s, I became obsessed with the role-playing game 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms,' named after a classical Chinese novel, and… — Kim Young-ha Copy Share Image
A lot of science fiction is very accessible and very readable, but a lot of people are justifiably put off by the… — Alastair Reynolds Copy Share Image
Science fiction is not about the freedom of imagination. It's about a free imagination pinched and howling in a vise that other… — Bruce Sterling Copy Share Image
With some exceptions in science fiction and other genres I have small difficulty in avoiding anything that could be called American literature.… — Kingsley Amis Copy Share Image
“Good Samaritans: Truth, justice and the American way–for them it wasn't only a comic book code; it was a way of life.… — Rob Thurman Copy Share Image
