I've long said that if Canada has a role on the world stage, it's principally as a role model, a demonstration that… — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
Science fiction is about things that plausibly might happen. Grounding my work in the real world helps make that clear. — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
A lot of people forget that the origin of science fiction in the U.S. was in the post-First World War period when… — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
We absolutely do some of the best science in the world in Canada, across a broad spectrum of disciplines: quantum computing in… — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
By serializing two novels in 'Analog,' the world's No. 1, best-selling science fiction magazine, I've had 200,000 words of fiction and three… — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
Everything is cross-platform now. That's part of the reality that we live in - a multifaceted, multimedia world - and I'm delighted… — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
The Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics is the world's greatest pure physics thinktank, and it's located here in Canada, in Waterloo, Ont. — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
People are looking for a simplicity in their fictional worlds where good and evil are clearly delineated, that you can't find in… — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
Naturally, one does not normally discuss plans to commit murder with the intended victim. — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
I'm much more interested in writing about the things that engage and enrage me as an adult rather than in wallowing in childhood sorrows. — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
Our job is not to predict the future. Rather, it's to suggest all the possible futures - so that society can make informed decisions… — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
That natural selection can produce changes within a type is disputed by no one, not even the staunchest creationist. But that it can transform… — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
“You really did uplift me. You gave me the perspective and point of view and focus I needed to become truly conscious. Without you,… — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
I'm often characterized as an optimistic writer, and certainly my 'Neanderthal Parallax' and 'WWW' trilogies shade toward the utopian. I like to think that's… — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
I started wondering why it is that people line up behind charismatic leaders. It's easy to understand the emergence of a figure who's narcissistic… — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
When you're changing centuries, people get curious about the future. — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
Real people are complex, contradictory, and have their own motivations - they can't just be mouthpieces for the writers' point of view. — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
“All right,” he said. “Since you asked, Webmind is an emergent quantum-computational system based on a stable null-sigma condensate that resists decoherence thanks to… — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
Social progress is a big thing for me. Although science fiction is traditionally concerned with the hard sciences, which is chemistry, physics, and, some… — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
