“Then, as Father had trained him, Rigg thought past his feelings.” — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
I just had a crazy, wild imagination all my life, and science fiction is the greatest outlet for me. — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I was a big science fiction fan, but current horror books were harder to get your hands… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
“Karl wondered how many scientists read this science fiction stuff. Maybe they couldn’t get good books out in New Mexico?” — Gregory Benford Copy Share Image
“I felt sure that [Oyarsa] was what we call "good," but I wasn't sure whether I liked "goodness" so much as I… — C S Lewis Copy Share Image
I would like to explore comedy, I want to do more theatre, and I definitely want a future in film. I love… — Jessica Raine Copy Share Image
I don't think the latest Star Wars pictures have any artistic intentions, but the original picture opened up epic science fiction. — William Monahan Copy Share Image
Every day, I read books on philosophy and science fiction and human consciousness. — Tom DeLonge Copy Share Image
The success of a science fiction writer is if he can write a good read. — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
“You could've at least let me know you weren't dead by the way. I was actually kind of sad about that." "That's… — Amy Tintera Copy Share Image
I never wanted to be "a writer"; I only ever aspired to be an science fiction writer. They'll tear that badge out… — Alastair Reynolds Copy Share Image
I have been spending the better part of my professional life trying to create self-driving cars. At Google, I am working with… — Sebastian Thrun Copy Share Image
I started writing when I was 11. In my late teens, I was writing short stories of every conceivable type and sent… — Donald E. Westlake Copy Share Image
“Richard felt no guilt about this, since he had heard that Google Earth, in turn, was based on an idea from some… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
Science fiction rarely is about scientists doing real science, in its slowness, its vagueness, the sort of tedious quality of getting out… — Kim Stanley Robinson Copy Share Image
“They had just digested a recent meal of prepositions and were happily farting out apostrophes and ampersands; the air was heav'y with… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
I think there's always been a traditionally apocalyptic side to British science fiction, from H.G. Wells onwards. I mean, most of Wells'… — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
The Force is really a way of feeling; it's a way of being with life. It really has nothing to do with… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
“One day I found him amid large packages from which spilled attractive, glossy paperbacks with mythical covers. He had tried to use,… — Stanisław Lem Copy Share Image
“Science fiction inspires scientists, but it doesn't exist to dictate what our future should look like. Great science fiction is fun to… — Daniel H. Wilson Copy Share Image
A precondition for being a science fiction writer other than an interest in the future is that, an interest - at least… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
I don't want to make a film that offends people, but the whole world is so politically correct - I'm not going… — Neill Blomkamp Copy Share Image
“At his booming voice, her eyes flew open. If he wasn't already on the ground, he would have fallen to his knees.… — Kiersten Fay Copy Share Image
“Time slowed as metal shards enveloped her like shattered glass. None pierced her of course, but it seemed as though she might… — G.S. Jennsen Copy Share Image
'Confederate,' in all of our minds, will be an alternative-history show. It's a science-fiction show. One of the strengths of science fiction… — D. B. Weiss Copy Share Image