Laeta Kalogridis

The emotional passage of time is always a good thing.

— Laeta Kalogridis

To be a working writer is the holy grail, where you don't have three other jobs on top of that.

— Laeta Kalogridis

I personally believe that violence against women in our society is not going anywhere.

— Laeta Kalogridis

The range of my interests in science fiction - it really does run a gamut.

— Laeta Kalogridis

Iconic jobs are interesting to deconstruct through therapy.

— Laeta Kalogridis

Violence in drama is an external contextualization of internal conflicts.

— Laeta Kalogridis

Honestly, I would never say, 'Oh, I've decided not to read 'The Left Hand of Darkness' because I've seen 'Blade Runner.' I've…

— Laeta Kalogridis

All of us in the modern world are constructing our identities, largely through social media, for a larger audience.

— Laeta Kalogridis

There was a brief period in college where I flirted with the idea of becoming a lawyer because my father was one.…

— Laeta Kalogridis

'The Handmaid's Tale' is not a book or show advocating enslaving women or creating a theocracy. It's not glorifying that. It's talking…

— Laeta Kalogridis

I've taken a number of creative leaps, and some of them worked, and some of them didn't, but I don't regret any…

— Laeta Kalogridis

It was very, very important to me to represent a broader swath of humanity that often isn't seen in futuristic sci-fi.

— Laeta Kalogridis

The world that we live in isn't uniform-looking, and the future that we're headed toward isn't uniform-looking.

— Laeta Kalogridis

All the science fiction I loved as a kid was holding up a mirror to society and warning us about the need…

— Laeta Kalogridis

There are certain expectations placed on writers if other people have put a value on their gender. I'm aware of the hundreds…

— Laeta Kalogridis

Margaret Atwood and Ursula K. Le Guin were the biggest inspirations for my work because they trod into areas considered to be…

— Laeta Kalogridis

One of my favorite stories is, I got fired off 'Bionic Woman' in part because I was told that I don't know…

— Laeta Kalogridis

When you haven't met someone, regardless of whether they're an author or not, when you're taking their work, and you are in…

— Laeta Kalogridis

For years, I have been inspired by the inventive and masterful storytelling of the 'SAO' franchise. I'm thrilled to get the opportunity…

— Laeta Kalogridis

When I was a kid, my grandparents were Greek immigrants on my father's side. My grandfather used to read me Greek myths,…

— Laeta Kalogridis

Like a lot of people, I sold my first script in graduate school at UCLA, a 'Joan of Arc' for producer Joel…

— Laeta Kalogridis

I don't have to spend a lot of time figuring out, 'Gosh, I wonder how guys feel,' because most every piece of…

— Laeta Kalogridis

It's always fair to criticize, to question, to engage about things like whitewashing and violence against women and choices of lack of…

— Laeta Kalogridis

Don't worry about what happens when things go wrong; just accept that they're going to, and figure out how do you want…

— Laeta Kalogridis

The intersection of being female and a showrunner carries difficult challenges.

— Laeta Kalogridis

Being a superhero is a metaphor for a job that is overwhelming.

— Laeta Kalogridis

I just never count on anything. You can't.

— Laeta Kalogridis

This kind of art - the dystopic future kind of art - is designed to make you uncomfortable.

— Laeta Kalogridis

Of course I worry about whitewashing, and I feel very strongly that whitewashing was, is, and continues to be a problem in…

— Laeta Kalogridis

The essential nature of all filmed entertainment is that you area always straddling the line of whether or not you can realize…

— Laeta Kalogridis

I'm a geek! I'm a fan girl; I'm very proud of that. Get me near Orlando Jones, it will not be pretty.

— Laeta Kalogridis

On one hand, my gender has never been an issue. The issue has always been what's on the page. But the reality…

— Laeta Kalogridis

My favorite Asimov works were the 'Foundation' books because the concept, at the time, was crazy, but psycho-history has now turned out…

— Laeta Kalogridis

'Altered Carbon' is one of the most seminal pieces of post-cyberpunk hard science fiction out there - a dark, complex noir story…

— Laeta Kalogridis

Our worst instincts as human beings have to do with our carelessness with natural resources, and when the body itself becomes just…

— Laeta Kalogridis