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
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
We sat around on a hotel balcony with a bottle of wine and tried to figure out how you would go about… — Kevin J. Anderson Copy Share Image
“I've always been a fan of science fiction. I grew up watching Star Trek. Now I get to live it!" "Star Trek?"… — Andy Weir Copy Share Image
One of the things that science fiction gets to do is thought experiments about the human condition that would be impractical or… — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
Anything that has to do with noir and space, I'm gonna love. When you've got a noir-ish, pulpy detective in a science… — Thomas Jane Copy Share Image
A snappy label and a manifesto would have been two of the very last things on my own career want list. That… — William Gibson Copy Share Image
The condition of visibility as it relates to black people was crucial. Connected to that, I've always been interested in science fiction… — Kerry James Marshall Copy Share Image
There's no question that how Johannesburg operates is what made me interested in the idea of wealth discrepancy. 'Elysium' could be a… — Neill Blomkamp Copy Share Image
“He simply preferred the sensation of soil beneath his feet and wind in his hair, of fresh, non-recycled air which carried on… — G.S. Jennsen Copy Share Image
“The Scientific Method is a wonderful tool as long as you don't care which way the outcome turns; however, this process fails… — Cristina Marrero Copy Share Image
“She's shed her skins and plasma jeans, gets around in 2K retro gear like the frock she wears today; a loose, white… — Lisa Jacobson Copy Share Image
In period pieces or genre pieces, those have to be set in historical truths. But, science fiction has different game pieces. And… — Tamlyn Tomita Copy Share Image
“People say, 'I'm going to sleep now,' as if it were nothing. But it's really a bizarre activity. 'For the next several… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
The first science fiction show on television was 'Tales Of Tomorrow' using scripts from the radio show 'X-1' which used stories from… — David Gerrold 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
“There is a stillness between us, a period of restlessness that ties my stomach in a hangman’s noose. It is this same… — Nathan Reese Maher Copy Share Image
Sci-fi is often a metaphor. I think it's more the themes and questions that science fiction raises rather than the exact predictions… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
“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
The romantic appeal of solar sailing has ensured that its advocates consistently come from the worlds of both science fiction and science… — Thomas Mallon Copy Share Image
“As with most of the future worlds in the science fiction, you are not talking about the future. You are talking about… — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
Science fiction doesn’t try to predict the future, but rather offers a significant distortion of the present…We sit around and look at… — Samuel R. Delany Copy Share Image
If I had unlimited funds, wall space and storage, I would collect a lot more things, like 'Planet of the Apes,' 'Star… — Kirk Hammett Copy Share Image
“Deep in the recesses of her mind, she knew they were probably watching. They watched everything, after all. Let them watch. Let… — G.S. Jennsen Copy Share Image
“Well, I guess [2001: A Space Odyssey] legitimized [science fiction], particularly for people who looked down on science fiction; you know, the… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
And I desperately needed books that would take me out of my environment and show me a world where being smart and… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“Right? I don’t know why I did it. Temporary insanity, maybe. Did you ever do something that makes absolutely no sense, but… — Robyn Mundell Copy Share Image
Fantasy and science fiction stories are very applicable to talking to your children about the world. They tend to talk about the… — Stephen H. Segal Copy Share Image
All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
In 'Cosmicomics,' I came close to science fiction - I was inspired by cosmological subjects and the workings of the universe and… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
The oft-heard comment that Leonardo [da Vinci]'s genius managed to transcend the culture of his time is amply justified. But his was… — Lucio Russo Copy Share Image
“My first sale was of a record review of Pink Floyd’s The Final Cut that was in 1983. My first national sale… — Michael McCarty Copy Share Image
'Blade Runner' was one of several dystopian science-fiction films to tank in the early and middle '80s. 'Tron,' 'The Dark Crystal,' 'The… — Richard Corliss Copy Share Image
Humor is rare in science fiction... there's so little of it that it automatically reminds you of other heroes with that acerbic… — John Scalzi Copy Share Image
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