“I couldn’t help but notice how hot he looked tonight with his strong build lining his t-shirt. He should never cover his… — Victoria H. Smith Copy Share Image
'Doctor Who' is the most original science-fiction television series ever made. It is also one of the longest-running television shows of all… — Jill Lepore Copy Share Image
I've always wanted to write science fiction. It was one of my first loves, and I knew if I became a writer… — Rick Yancey Copy Share Image
“I’m now requesting you refrain from calling me this early in the morning, before I’ve had a chance to steel my defenses… — Richard Finney Copy Share Image
There are lots of futurists that spend their whole life trying to figure out who we're going to be in 40, 50,… — Jodie Foster Copy Share Image
Jerry reversed the usual formula of the superhero who goes to another planet. He put the superhero in ordinary, familiar surroundings, instead… — Joe Shuster Copy Share Image
I have a fondness for historical fiction, something wondrous like 'Wolf Hall,' but I'll read most anything as long as the story… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
I had read tons of science fiction. I was fascinated by other worlds, other environments. For me, it was fantasy, but it… — James Cameron Copy Share Image
“Brother Cavil: In all your travels, have you ever seen a star go supernova? ... I have. I saw a star explode… — Ronald D. Moore Copy Share Image
“Books allow us to escape from the pressures of modern life. By far, the best vehicles of escape are Young Adult Science… — Peter Graham Copy Share Image
I love science fiction but I don't like fantastic [cinema]. For example, if you have a magical ring and you can explode… — Jean-Pierre Jeunet Copy Share Image
“I can understand that people want to feel special and important and so on, but that self-obsession seems a bit pathetic somehow.… — Iain M. Banks Copy Share Image
“The beauty of Mars exists in the human mind. without the human presence it is just a concatenation of atoms, no different… — Kim Stanley Robinson Copy Share Image
For me, two of my favourite science fiction films are Blade Runner, which is fantastic, and Terry Gilliam's Twelve Monkeys. Both of… — Duncan Jones Copy Share Image
“If you love someone, if someone loved you, if they taught you to write and made it so you could speak, how… — Ally Condie, Crossed Copy Share Image
“No," he said, "look, it's very, very simple ... all I want ... is a cup of tea. You are going to… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
Science fiction always has had strains of pessimism and optimism weaving through its historical development, sometimes one dominating and then the other,… — James Gunn Copy Share Image
This is a collection of dexterous, loving, beautifully optimistic work that left me breathless and delighted… Hannu Rajaniemi's magnificent science fiction -… — Amal El-Mohtar Copy Share Image
If you ask people whether a computer can be smarter than a human, 99.9 percent will say that's science fiction. Actually, it's… — Anthony Levandowski Copy Share Image
“I just saved your fucking life, Mom...It's like, if you--people of a certain age--would make some effort to just stay in touch… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
In general, I write for ages 12 and up - although I've received emails from readers between the ages of seven and… — Marie Lu Copy Share Image
I did one sci-fi movie. I did 'Gattaca.' I liked 'Gattaca' because that was always the kind of science fiction I really… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
Everybody always talks about the science fiction genre, in particular, which always makes me think about people in spaceships. I can appreciate… — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
With 'Futurama,' I was just worried that somebody would beat us to it; it seemed so obvious that there should be an… — Matt Groening Copy Share Image
In fantasy and science fiction, world-building is an essential part of the story. But as a reader, I don't just want descriptions… — Sabaa Tahir Copy Share Image
While I'm a big fan of science fiction, especially as rendered in expensive Hollywood blockbusters, it's the real universe that calls to… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
“I enjoyed the freedom they gave me—to write about almost any damned thing that came into my mind, whether it was crime,… — Norbert Davis Copy Share Image
A science fiction story is a story with a human problem, and a human solution, that would not have happened at all… — Theodore Sturgeon Copy Share Image
I think what's happening is, it's all - fantasy, science fiction, ghosts, trolls, whatever - finally being called, being admitted to be… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
I don't think the scientific method and the science fictional method are really analogous. The thing about them is that neither is… — Frederik Pohl Copy Share Image
General fiction is pretty much about ways that people get into problems and screw their lives up. Science fiction is about everything… — Marvin Minsky Copy Share Image
I would love to play a romantic lead at some point. I would love to play the hero at some point. It… — Anthony Carrigan Copy Share Image
“He turns off the techno-shit in his goggles. All it does is confuse him; he stands there reading statistics about his own… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
“In some very rare cases, an opposite-sex pair was born, and they always mated one another. Disturbing as it might sound, when… — Belinda McBride Copy Share Image
Science fiction was never my thing. I have no interest in it. So I don't think I could successfully pull off being… — Denis Leary Copy Share Image
“You should’ve told me,” she repeats. “Because here’s a news flash: You might’ve wanted to shelter me, but there’s nowhere you can… — Laura Kreitzer Copy Share Image
“This is the worst of the bunch. Definitely the smokiest. I don't think they want us to leave," said Montoya. "The ants… — Jason bengtson Copy Share Image
Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer. All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer.… — Alan Dean Foster Copy Share Image
I have been a soreheaded occupant of a file drawer labeled "science fiction" ... and I would like out, particularly since so… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“But I belong here. I could live here…hiding from the others, living among their consciences and their fears; why not? Could this… — E.C. Lemus Copy Share Image