I read a fair amount [of science fiction], and you know it was certainly inspirational. I have to pinch myself to think… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
In the 1950s, we had all these B-grade science-fiction movies. The point was to scare the public and get them to buy… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
The genre of science fiction is a fun house, an amusement park ride, but it's also a problem. The question that's always… — Douglas Lain Copy Share Image
Usually the science-fiction fan has some indication they're a sci-fi fan and, therefore, a 'Stargate' fan. In other words, they could be… — Richard Dean Anderson Copy Share Image
I have no idea what my draw is for science fiction. I hope they come to me because they like complicated women.… — Sonya Walger Copy Share Image
The chief difference between horror fans and science fiction fans lies in why they won't walk backwards. A horror fan won't walk… — Aaron Allston Copy Share Image
“I come from a place where everyone has great power, by your standards, and they steadfastly refuse to use it for self-aggrandizement… — J.Z. Colby Copy Share Image
It's been an old saw in science fiction for a long time, since 'Frankenstein,' that we're going to create life that's going… — Ronald D. Moore Copy Share Image
“And so it goes. And so it goes. And so it goes. And so it goes goes goes goes goes tick tock… — Harlan Ellison Copy Share Image
I'm fond of science fiction. But not all science fiction. I like science fiction where there's a scientific lesson, for example -… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“So why do it?,’ he challenged. ‘Why return to biological when a quantum existence can empower you to overcome general relativity and… — Trevor Barton Copy Share Image
If you start looking at movies on a moral level - "I don't like that, that hurts, that's mean, that's bad" -… — Bret Easton Ellis Copy Share Image
I came into science fiction at a very good time, when the doors were getting thrown open to all kinds of more… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
“Is the beauty of the Whole really enhanced by our agony? And is the Whole really beautiful? And what is beauty? Throughout… — Olaf Stapledon Copy Share Image
“I maintain that cultural sensitivity should be replaced by cultural awareness. Awareness implies research, consideration, thought, and judiciousness… Sensitivity denies equal access… — Scott M. Roberts Copy Share Image
“She stood by the bed and stroked her father's hand, knowing how desperately afraid he must feel at this moment. He'd always… — Hillary Jordan Copy Share Image
I gravitated to Judy Blume early on. 'Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing' was my favorite, with a realistic and relatable protagonist… — Jeff Kinney Copy Share Image
“Where was this written? I wondered. Where in the Talmud or the Koran or the Bible did it say, "Lo, and Satan… — Lyda Morehouse Copy Share Image
I had a long writing history behind me before I got into anything in film. It comprehended science fiction, it comprehended historical,… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
I tried to find something real in essentially something thats science fiction or something-for me, anyways-not having an experience like this. — Ryan Gosling Copy Share Image
When I was younger I wanted to be a big movie star who'd get to be funny on talk shows and then… — Scott Thompson Copy Share Image
Well, when you look at a lot of science fiction novels they're asking questions about power. There are questions about what it… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
“The pending brahpocalypse/ coup d'état - whatever it was - was much more important than whether a donut-eating Police Officer saw a… — Trevor Barton Copy Share Image
“During the day she would read science fiction novels. In the evenings she watched television. And she ate, and ate, and drank,… — Fay Weldon Copy Share Image
“She still thought Sebastian planned to leave her. She had no idea he was contemplating keeping her forever." Sebastian from Demon Possession ” — Kiersten Fay Copy Share Image
“All existence is in vain: unexplained and sterile. I’ll end up alone with all my doubts that will haunt me forever, even… — E.C. Lemus Copy Share Image
“They flew high above savanna grassland. The sky was the deep cornflower blue of a sunny late afternoon on Earth…exactly the color… — G.S. Jennsen Copy Share Image
When I was a child, science fiction was the first source I've found for information. Science fiction was a very very low… — William Gibson Copy Share Image
Until I was 16, I read nothing but science fiction. I loved William Gibson and I still do. But my favourite book… — Ned Beauman Copy Share Image
“Many were increasingly of the opinion that they'd all made a big mistake in coming down from the trees in the first… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
“He steadied himself by resting one palm on her thigh and the other on the armrest, and rose to his knees. “I’ll… — G.S. Jennsen Copy Share Image
“This director could say many things about duty, and self-respect, and dignity, but she knew none of these meant much in the… — B. Barmanbek Copy Share Image
I started the movement of SF in America in 1908 through my first magazine, 'MODERN ELECTRICS.' At that time it was an… — Hugo Gernsback Copy Share Image
“Do you think the saucer actually had an inertialess drive—like E. E. Smith's bergenholms or something?” Harry McHeath asked Doc. “Have to,… — Fritz Leiber Copy Share Image
I was obsessed with movies when I was younger. During the summer, I would go by myself to a theater down the… — Allen Covert Copy Share Image
If you're looking at my other major science fiction roles - the Doctor on 'Star Trek' and certainly Woolsey on 'Stargate' -… — Robert Picardo Copy Share Image
“A realist writer might break his protagonist's leg, or kill his fiancee; but a science fiction writer will immolate whole planets, and… — Adam Roberts Copy Share Image
I'm not well-versed in the science fiction world. I'm hoping that I'll get more opportunities in it because you get to create… — Kelly Masterson Copy Share Image
I like working closely with artists. I think that's very important in fantasy and science fiction - the visual aspect of the… — Margaret Weis Copy Share Image
Science fiction is always a vehicle for ideas. It's the form which allows either movies or books to be an exploration of… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image