One of my many theories about short stories is that their titles and first lines ought to be memorable, because if not memorable they will not be remembered, and if not remembered the stories will not be reprinted (because no… — Damon Knight Copy Share Image
By focusing on the interior of a speaker's larynx and using infrared, he was able to convert the visible vibrations of the vocal cords into sound of fair quality, but that did not satisfy him. He worked for a while on vibrations picked up from panes of glass in windows and on framed pictures, and he experimented briefly with the… — Damon Knight Copy Share
It is true that all of us are the beneficiaries of crimes committed by our ancestors, and it is true that nothing can be… — Damon Knight Copy Share Image
Driving down the wrong road and knowing it, The fork years behind, how many have thought To pull up on the shoulder and leave… — Damon Knight Copy Share Image
“If you are miserable and ill, I can understand why you would not want to live a long time. But if you are happy… — Damon Knight Copy Share Image
“...There is no such thing as a story. The words on paper are only instructions used by each reader to create a story. The… — Damon Knight Copy Share Image
One of my many theories about short stories is that their titles and first lines ought to be memorable, because if not memorable they… — Damon Knight Copy Share Image
“In the street, he turned west and walked against a tide of blank-eyed, gum-chewing faces. A taxi went over a manhole cover, clink-clank. Steam… — Damon Knight Copy Share Image
During the four days of the storm, I became accustomed to the soft light of lamps and candles and grew to like it. When… — Damon Knight Copy Share Image
We live on a minute island of known things. Our undiminished wonder at the mystery which surrounds us is what makes us human. In… — Damon Knight Copy Share Image
The popularity of conspiracy theories is explained by people's desire to believe that there is - some group of folks who know what they're… — Damon Knight Copy Share Image
