When the state was going to tell you what your future would be, science fiction was irrelevant. — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
When you're changing centuries, people get curious about the future. — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
Science fiction has always used metaphors and disguises, talking about alien civilizations or the future. — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
Science fiction has never been about the future; it's always been about the present day whether it's Victorian England that Wells was… — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
What Bradbury had that most other science-fiction writers didn't have at that time was a love for beautiful language, evocative description, and… — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
If you like 'The Nature of Things,' or if you like 'Quirks and Quarks' you'll certainly like Lee Smolin's writing, and 'Time… — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
Our job is not to predict the future. Rather, it's to suggest all the possible futures - so that society can make… — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
Science fiction has always been a means for political comment. H.G. Wells' 'The War of the Worlds' wasn't about a Martian invasion… — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
“Mr. Lockery—my biology teacher—says if dinosaurs were magically brought forward in time today, we’d have nothing to worry about. Dogs, wolves, and… — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
“As laser-bright moments; diamond-hard memories; crisp and clear. A future lived, a future savored, a future of moments so sharp and pointed… — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
Since ancient times, the philosophers' secret has always been this: we know that God does not exist, or, at least, if he… — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
I've long said that if Canada has a role on the world stage, it's principally as a role model, a demonstration that… — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
Naturally, one does not normally discuss plans to commit murder with the intended victim. — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share
I'm much more interested in writing about the things that engage and enrage me as an adult rather than in wallowing in childhood sorrows. — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share
Our job is not to predict the future. Rather, it's to suggest all the possible futures - so that society can make informed decisions… — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share
That natural selection can produce changes within a type is disputed by no one, not even the staunchest creationist. But that it can transform… — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share
“You really did uplift me. You gave me the perspective and point of view and focus I needed to become truly conscious. Without you,… — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share
I'm often characterized as an optimistic writer, and certainly my 'Neanderthal Parallax' and 'WWW' trilogies shade toward the utopian. I like to think that's… — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share
I started wondering why it is that people line up behind charismatic leaders. It's easy to understand the emergence of a figure who's narcissistic… — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share
Real people are complex, contradictory, and have their own motivations - they can't just be mouthpieces for the writers' point of view. — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share
“All right,” he said. “Since you asked, Webmind is an emergent quantum-computational system based on a stable null-sigma condensate that resists decoherence thanks to… — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share
Social progress is a big thing for me. Although science fiction is traditionally concerned with the hard sciences, which is chemistry, physics, and, some… — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share
Fiction is all about vicarious experiences and getting into other people's heads in a way that no other art form lets you. — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share
I'm a member of the Writers Guild of America and the Writers Guild of Canada. — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share
