Writer Quotes by Alastair Reynolds

12 Writer quotes by Alastair Reynolds

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Alastair Reynolds offers twelve short reflections that hint at his expansive sci‑fi imagination. Though brief, they provide a clear sense of how he approaches world‑building and narrative scope.

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I never wanted to be "a writer"; I only ever aspired to be an science fiction writer. They'll tear that badge out…

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It's a novel experience to have one of my books read by a reading group.

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One of the big breakthroughs I had as a writer was when I stopped agonising over every word.

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As an SF writer, you've got the infinite toolkit of the writer at your disposal.

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I couldn't think of anything more pointless than reading a piece of fiction written by a robot.

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When I'm working on one book, part of my imagination is thinking ahead to the next one.

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I prioritise story over science, but not at the expense of being really stupid about it.

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I just start writing, and in the process, one hopefully comes up with ideas and solutions and explores all the little nooks…

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In some respects, big ideas can be a bit too big for a short story - especially if you've only got a…

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You have to be able to invest in your own creations, to suspend your own disbelief in order to be able to…

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When you're writing stuff that's already clotted with neologisms and trying to get across fairly abstruse concepts, you're already putting a heavy…

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Above all else, 'Doctor Who' still seems to me to offer near-infinite scope for the writer. It must be the least constraining…

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“The two men -- Fray and Malkin -- were standing near each other. They were not unarmed. They were quite seriously not unarmed. Both…

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I couldn't think of anything more pointless than reading a piece of fiction written by a robot.

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When I'm working on one book, part of my imagination is thinking ahead to the next one.

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There is enough material in the Kuiper Belt to build anything out there. We could gobble up all the little asteroids, filtering out all…

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Victory loses its meaning without the memory of what you've vanquished.

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“I don't know." That was typical Sajaki; like all the genuinely clever people Sylveste had met he knew better than to feign understanding where…

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Autocratic governments are masters of self-contradiction. They say one thing, do another.

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Speaking for myself, I really struggle to pinpoint whether I became a scientist because I like science fiction, or did I gravitate to science…

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“It’s not the span of time that counts, but what you do with it. While you humans have been grubbing around the galaxy, looking…

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Dreams of warp drives and hyperspace are just that - dreams.

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I had - and continued to have - great fun exploring the Revelation Space universe, but it was always clear to me that I…

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