“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 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 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
There's a science fiction project we really want to make, but it's very expensive. Hopefully it will happen. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I've always been a science fiction fan since I had understood the conception of what a story was. — J. Michael Straczynski Copy Share Image
I always wanted to do action-adventure, and science fiction genres were always something that were of great interest to me. — Ian Ziering Copy Share Image
I would be more frightened as a writer if people thought my movies were like science fiction. — Neil LaBute Copy Share Image
Fantastic fiction covers fantasy, horror and science fiction - and it doesn't get the attention it deserves from the literati. — China Mieville 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
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
“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
“When they explore opportunity cost of black blood I hear ancient corridors survived on the neck of ancient souls Satellite empires, the… — Omondi Ochuka Copy Share Image
I'm tired of being considered a lesbian writer, tired of being a science-fiction writer, tired of being a thriller writer. I'm a… — Nicola Griffith Copy Share Image
Science fiction has traditionally been economically naive, with a strong libertarian streak, which I think is like a crude Leninism. That's attractive… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
I finally decided one day, reading science fiction magazines of the time, I could do at least as well as some of… — Fred Saberhagen Copy Share Image
“Another oral exam, huh?' Peter said. 'Shut up, Peter,' said Valentine. 'You should relax and enjoy it,' said Peter. 'It could be… — Orson Scott Card 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
“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
There's no real objection to escapism, in the right places... We all want to escape occasionally. But science fiction is often very… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
“I opened the door and stepped in. Raw pain filled me at the sight of my painting. 'Show me what it looked… — Kimberly Kinrade Copy Share Image
For if there were a list of cosmic things that unite us, reader and writer, visible as it scrolled up into the… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
“Men grow up expecting to be the hero of their own story. Women grow up expecting to be the supporting actress in… — Laurie Penny Copy Share Image
“Nearly everywhere I've been, popular wisdom has it that the location of humanity's original planet is unknown, mysterious. In fact it isn't,… — Ann Leckie Copy Share Image
“When asked to "define the difference between fantasy and science fiction," I mouth and mumble and always end up talking about the… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image