Fiction Quotes by James Gunn

11 Fiction quotes by James Gunn

James Gunn’s reflections on storytelling are packed into eleven succinct quotes here. This compact collection serves as a quick reference for anyone wanting to gauge his attitude toward the art and mechanics of fiction.

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In science fiction a fantastic event or development is considered rationally.

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In hard-core science fiction in which characters are responding to a change in environment, caused by nature or the universe or technology,…

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Science fiction always has had strains of pessimism and optimism weaving through its historical development, sometimes one dominating and then the other,…

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[T]he one indispensable ingredient of science fiction [is] a belief in a world being changed by man's intellect, a conviction that what…

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I've always believed in the power of rational thinking and behavior as the savior of the world, and science fiction as a…

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The popularity of fantasy surpassing science fiction and the popularity of apocalyptic fiction, particularly for young adults, may indicate a desire to…

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That certainly is one approach to take. My own is to acknowledge the inner child and try to work with my first…

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Science fiction writers aren't in the prediction business; they're in the speculation business, using 'hasn't happened' or 'hasn't happened yet' to create…

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Most of the complexity of the stories has developed as the stories came along (and may be a product of the principle…

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By isolating the issues of race, gender, sexual orientation, climate change, environment, governance, economics, catastrophe and whatever other problems the present embodies…

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Science fiction is the branch of literature that deals with the effects of change on people in the real world as it…

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I really like people who can do both drama and comedy and not some like middle of the road do both drama and comedy.…

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When 'Blade Runner' came out, and especially, even actually when 'Alien' came out, it kind of changed how all science fiction movies were designed…

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The majority of my life is 'Guardians,' but being able to clean my brain a little bit by doing something totally different like 'Belko'…

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I was as huge Spider-Man fan as a kid, but I really liked The Defenders a lot. I was also a big Moon Knight…

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I'm a huge Howard the Duck fan. For people who don't know, I'm a huge Marvel Comics fan, but Howard the Duck was maybe…

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Scooby's the greatest cartoon character ever. He isn't cute like Mickey or smart like Bugs or fearless like Woody and Buzz - he's a…

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