Chapter Quote by Andy Weir

When I was fifteen, my father gave me a first edition copy of Ray Bradbury's magnificent work, 'The Martian Chronicles.' I had read other…

— Thomas Steinbeck

I don't write novels about expeditions to the planet Mars because I haven't been there and I don't know anything about it.

— Amos Oz

I'd pretty much given up hope of being published, so I just wrote the book I wanted to read.

— Kate Morton

I wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it.

— Toni Morrison

What I wish is that people would look beyond the tribbles and see I've written some other books that I really would like people…

— David Gerrold

And every friend I've got has been writing Mars stories. It was pretty clear I'd never catch up.

— Larry Niven

Thanks to the comic book publishers. Batman and Captain Marvel were responsible for my learning to read at least a year before I showed…

— Jack McDevitt

You can't be a 21st-century science fiction writer writing about Mars without doing tips of the hat to Edgar Rice Burroughs, to Ray Bradbury,…

— Robert J. Sawyer

I wrote the book because I wanted to be able to share some things that I had learned and as pompous as that may…

— Goldie Hawn

I had a writing professor at Brandeis who told me I'd never make it - and when I sold my first novel a few…

— Caroline Leavitt

I like to get paid for doing basic research, so it's pleasant to write some nonfiction about it.

— Bruce Sterling

My grandfather read the 'John Carter of Mars' books to me when I was young.

— Daryl Sabara