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title: "Popular Science fiction Sayings"
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> [Whenever I read a contemporary literary novel that describes the world we're living in, I wait for the science fiction tools to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/whenever-i-read-a-contemporary-literary-novel-that-describes-the/)

[William Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gibson/)

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> [“I was his heartbeat. I was his fucking universe. Now I was, but soon I wouldn't be. I would miss that, miss…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-henry/i-was-his-heartbeat-i-was-his-fucking-universe-now-i-was-but-soon-i/)

[Lisa Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-henry/)

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> [I believe in what science fiction can do, which is it can set up simple rules that it has to follow to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brit-marling/i-believe-in-what-science-fiction-can-do-which-is-it-can-set-up/)

[Brit Marling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brit-marling/)

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> [Good science fiction is always based in contemporary truths. One of the themes is the overextension of credit, the nature of being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/forest-whitaker/good-science-fiction-is-always-based-in-contemporary-truths-one-of/)

[Forest Whitaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/forest-whitaker/)

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> [“HARD SF and EPIC FANTASY – both of these forms have been conventionalised, proscribed and prescribed, such that they constitute valid GENRES…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hal-duncan/hard-sf-and-epic-fantasy-both-of-these-forms-have-been/)

[Hal Duncan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hal-duncan/)

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> [Science-fiction fans are the most loyal fans in the world. It's true. They'll watch things that you actually should give them their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katee-sackhoff/science-fiction-fans-are-the-most-loyal-fans-in-the-world-it-s-true/)

[Katee Sackhoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katee-sackhoff/)

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> [I think science fiction helps us think about possibilities, to speculate - it helps us look at our society from a different…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mae-jemison/i-think-science-fiction-helps-us-think-about-possibilities-to/)

[Mae Jemison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mae-jemison/)

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> [Attempting to define science fiction is an undertaking almost as difficult, though not so popular, as trying to define pornography... In both…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-c-clarke/attempting-to-define-science-fiction-is-an-undertaking-almost-as/)

[Arthur C. Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-c-clarke/)

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> [“Charlie smiled. ‘Actually, right now I feel like venting; maybe seeing how loud I can make the speakers in the gym and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trevor-barton/charlie-smiled-actually-right-now-i-feel-like-venting-maybe-seeing/)

[Trevor Barton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trevor-barton/)

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> [Hard science fiction, which is what I write, often is rightly criticized for having either negligible or unbelievable characterization, but the science…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-j-sawyer/hard-science-fiction-which-is-what-i-write-often-is-rightly/)

[Robert J. Sawyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-j-sawyer/)

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> [I was born in California, raised a vegetarian, and love science fiction, so don't tell me how I need to be in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aisha-tyler/i-was-born-in-california-raised-a-vegetarian-and-love-science-fiction/)

[Aisha Tyler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aisha-tyler/)

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> [“I’m sorry,” he says. No two words were ever truer. Still, she says nothing. Once a shield, now her taciturnity is brandished…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-kreitzer/i-m-sorry-he-says-no-two-words-were-ever-truer-still-she-says-nothing/)

[Laura Kreitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-kreitzer/)

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> [“On January 24th, Apple computers will introduce Macintosh. And you’ll see why 1984 won’t be like 1984.” – Old Hollywood film director…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/austin-dragon/on-january-24th-apple-computers-will-introduce-macintosh-and-you-ll/)

[Austin Dragon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/austin-dragon/)

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> [It's interesting how many science fiction writers get going when they are very young. I was on a program with Greg Bear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavia-butler/it-s-interesting-how-many-science-fiction-writers-get-going-when-they/)

[Octavia Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavia-butler/)

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> [ The films that I loved growing up were the science fiction films from the late seventies and early eighties \[films\], which were… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/duncan-jones/the-films-that-i-loved-growing-up-were-the-science-fiction-films-from/)

[Duncan Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/duncan-jones/)

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> [With Rodham, for instance, it has to work on an emotional level. It has to work on a character level. If it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-ponsoldt/with-rodham-for-instance-it-has-to-work-on-an-emotional-level-it-has/)

[James Ponsoldt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-ponsoldt/)

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> [“You brothers-such a nest of rivalries. I warned him to make you sisters, that it would make things more civilized. He thought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-wraight/you-brothers-such-a-nest-of-rivalries-i-warned-him-to-make-you/)

Chris Wraight

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> [Let it be understood, in the first place, that a science fiction story must be an exposition of a scientific theme and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugo-gernsback/let-it-be-understood-in-the-first-place-that-a-science-fiction-story/)

[Hugo Gernsback](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugo-gernsback/)

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> [Take 'Ex Machina.' Everyone said it was one of the great feminist works of science fiction. But what I found disappointing is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjorie-liu/take-ex-machina-everyone-said-it-was-one-of-the-great-feminist-works/)

[Marjorie Liu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjorie-liu/)

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> [Science fiction was one of those places, particularly during the McCarthy era, where you could write whatever you wanted because it was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/science-fiction-was-one-of-those-places-particularly-during-the/)

[William Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gibson/)

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> [What if most of the technologies readers and cinemagoers are presented with in bestselling books and blockbuster movies are not science fiction,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-morcan/what-if-most-of-the-technologies-readers-and-cinemagoers-are/)

[James Morcan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-morcan/)

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> [“I still have the scars from when they captured me and beat me in the middle of the street." "You don't get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tintera/i-still-have-the-scars-from-when-they-captured-me-and-beat-me-in-the/)

[Amy Tintera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-tintera/)

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> [Science fiction is an amazing literature: plot elements that you would think would be completely worn out by now keep changing into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/connie-willis/science-fiction-is-an-amazing-literature-plot-elements-that-you-would/)

[Connie Willis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/connie-willis/)

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> [I think Douglas was a real one-off. He was so clever and so intelligent and so well read in real science that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lalla-ward/i-think-douglas-was-a-real-one-off-he-was-so-clever-and-so/)

[Lalla Ward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lalla-ward/)

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> [When it comes to the things that people really want in science fiction - like space travel - the simplest things end…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-m-krauss/when-it-comes-to-the-things-that-people-really-want-in-science/)

[Lawrence M. Krauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-m-krauss/)

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> [In France, it's always about life, normal life. We always stick with these realistic things. So when French people are dreaming about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/berenice-bejo/in-france-it-s-always-about-life-normal-life-we-always-stick-with/)

[Berenice Bejo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/berenice-bejo/)

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> [As a science fiction and fantasy writer, I used to love writing bleak, grimdark futures full of bleak, grimdark people. But I've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kameron-hurley/as-a-science-fiction-and-fantasy-writer-i-used-to-love-writing-bleak/)

[Kameron Hurley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kameron-hurley/)

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> [“Sometimes, breaking out of a certain mentality is like planning a prison break. You can't just go for it and hope for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-lola/sometimes-breaking-out-of-a-certain-mentality-is-like-planning-a/)

[Lauren Lola](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-lola/)

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> [I'd always wanted the show to be more reality based science fiction, something along the lines of The Day the Earth Stood…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gil-gerard/i-d-always-wanted-the-show-to-be-more-reality-based-science-fiction/)

[Gil Gerard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gil-gerard/)

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> [As a kid I wanted to write science fiction, and I was never without a book. Later I really got into being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-h-wilson/as-a-kid-i-wanted-to-write-science-fiction-and-i-was-never-without-a/)

[Daniel H. Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-h-wilson/)

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> [Because we're watching so many movies and are consumed by so many stories, science fiction lets you do something a bit fresh…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brit-marling/because-we-re-watching-so-many-movies-and-are-consumed-by-so-many/)

[Brit Marling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brit-marling/)

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> [Star Wars is adolescent nonsense; Close Encounters is obscurist drivel; ‘Star Trek’ can turn your brains into puree of bat guano; and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harlan-ellison/star-wars-is-adolescent-nonsense-close-encounters-is-obscurist-drivel/)

[Harlan Ellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harlan-ellison/)

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> [I was a very keen reader of science fiction, and during the time I was going to libraries, it was good, written…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/i-was-a-very-keen-reader-of-science-fiction-and-during-the-time-i-was/)

[Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/)

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> [“I can’t—won’t do that to him,” Summer says sharply. “Or to myself. Besides, your feelings for me aren’t real. The Society did…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-kreitzer/i-can-t-won-t-do-that-to-him-summer-says-sharply-or-to-myself-besides/)

[Laura Kreitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-kreitzer/)

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> [I think you can do science fiction, but you have to ground it in some realism. People need to identify with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/faran-tahir/i-think-you-can-do-science-fiction-but-you-have-to-ground-it-in-some/)

[Faran Tahir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/faran-tahir/)

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> [As a child I always steered clear of science fiction, but in the autumn of 1977, the bow-wave of publicity for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-reeve/as-a-child-i-always-steered-clear-of-science-fiction-but-in-the/)

[Philip Reeve](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-reeve/)

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> [We live on a minute island of known things. Our undiminished wonder at the mystery which surrounds us is what makes us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damon-knight/we-live-on-a-minute-island-of-known-things-our-undiminished-wonder-at/)

[Damon Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/damon-knight/)

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> [“Rachel Henson stood facing him, immaculate in her uniform and ready for duty as always. She looked as though she had spent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-james-west/rachel-henson-stood-facing-him-immaculate-in-her-uniform-and-ready/)

[Peter James West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-james-west/)

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> [History is not going to look kindly on us if we just keep our head in the sand on armed autonomous robotics…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-singer/history-is-not-going-to-look-kindly-on-us-if-we-just-keep-our-head-in/)

[Peter Singer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-singer/)

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> [I read anything I could get my hands on: science fiction, fantasy, horror, thrillers. I even became hooked on the Bantam reprints…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-rollins/i-read-anything-i-could-get-my-hands-on-science-fiction-fantasy/)

[James Rollins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-rollins/)

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## Top authors on Science fiction

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-alan-titchmarsh-10400.jpg) G.S. Jennsen 64 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/science-fiction/g-s-jennsen/)
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- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-arthur-c-clarke-14877.jpg) Arthur C. Clarke 22 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/science-fiction/arthur-c-clarke/)
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- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-orson-scott-card-72779.jpg) Orson Scott Card 19 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/science-fiction/orson-scott-card/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-alastair-reynolds-10455.jpg) Alastair Reynolds 19 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/science-fiction/alastair-reynolds/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-anacharsis-12573.jpg) Frederik Pohl 17 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/science-fiction/frederik-pohl/)

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