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> [I live for those rare and delicious moments when the words on the page take off and I am the bystander, watching as the tale shows me what will happen next.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-reed/i-live-for-those-rare-and-delicious-moments-when-the-words-on-the/)

[Robert Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-reed/)

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## Other authors on Bystanders

- [Ralph Waldo Emerson 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bystanders/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

## More by Robert Reed

> [I wrote when I was a young teen, but I didn't put an eye on the available markets until I was seventeen. The next…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-reed/i-wrote-when-i-was-a-young-teen-but-i-didn-t-put-an-eye-on-the/)

[Robert Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-reed/)

> [In a novella, a whole lot of crap can happen, and you can build momentum and suspense and leave room for a surprise or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-reed/in-a-novella-a-whole-lot-of-crap-can-happen-and-you-can-build/)

[Robert Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-reed/)

> [To improve as a player you need to not only know how you plan to win, but ... how might your opponent disrupt your plan.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-reed/to-improve-as-a-player-you-need-to-not-only-know-how-you-plan-to-win/)

[Robert Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-reed/)

> [I don't believe people let things slide away. It's the nature of the universe that everything dissolves into oblivion and by every route possible,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-reed/i-don-t-believe-people-let-things-slide-away-it-s-the-nature-of-the/)

[Robert Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-reed/)

> [A community that learns together excels together. We need to form communities that learn together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-reed/a-community-that-learns-together-excels-together-we-need-to-form/)

[Robert Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-reed/)

> [A favorite science fiction writer of mine is William Faulkner! It was an idea that came to me once, years ago, and I've never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-reed/a-favorite-science-fiction-writer-of-mine-is-william-faulkner-it-was/)

[Robert Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-reed/)

> [I'm astonished how little fright I have of my own imagination. It really does baffle me that I don't get more scared because I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-reed/i-m-astonished-how-little-fright-i-have-of-my-own-imagination-it/)

[Robert Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-reed/)

> [The burden of intelligence: you can always imagine all those wonderful places where you can never belong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-reed/the-burden-of-intelligence-you-can-always-imagine-all-those-wonderful/)

[Robert Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-reed/)

> [I can't point to a moment or incident that made me see that this business, this putting down words on paper, was what I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-reed/i-can-t-point-to-a-moment-or-incident-that-made-me-see-that-this/)

[Robert Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-reed/)

> [I've always thought of science fiction as being, at some level, a 19th-century business.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-reed/i-ve-always-thought-of-science-fiction-as-being-at-some-level-a-19th/)

[Robert Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-reed/)

> [“With a whisper, Ash asked Shadow, “But why do you live this way?  With him, in this kind of role?” In an Aaback fashion,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-reed/with-a-whisper-ash-asked-shadow-but-why-do-you-live-this-way-with-him/)

[Robert Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-reed/)

> [This is a slow business to have success in. There are exceptions, but for the most part it's kind of like the last writer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-reed/this-is-a-slow-business-to-have-success-in-there-are-exceptions-but/)

[Robert Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-reed/)

> [“How many of us readers say this quote and mean it. "If I knew what I know now life would be different"…”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-reed/how-many-of-us-readers-say-this-quote-and-mean-it-if-i-knew-what-i/)

[Robert Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-reed/)

> [How could anyone survive even a single day, if he didn't feel as if he was, in some little great way, needed?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-reed/how-could-anyone-survive-even-a-single-day-if-he-didn-t-feel-as-if-he/)

[Robert Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-reed/)

> [2001: A Space Odyssey was a wonderful conundrum when I was a boy, with its giant concepts thrown across the giant screen at Indian…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-reed/2001-a-space-odyssey-was-a-wonderful-conundrum-when-i-was-a-boy-with/)

[Robert Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-reed/)

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