"Whatever I'm reading at the moment seems to……" — John Thomas Sladek
"Whatever I'm reading at the moment seems to influence whatever I'm writing."
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17 Quotes by John Thomas Sladek
John Thomas Sladek has 17 quotes on this site.
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I have a kind of standard explanation why, which goes like this: Science fiction is one way of making sense…
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This is mainly because I spend a lot of time writing and so don't have much time to read; I…
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R-4 got stuck on the First Law. "Can anyone really protect a human being from all harm whatever?" it thought.…
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Anything can happen in SF. And the fact that nothing ever does happen in SF is only due to the…
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I think these days an SF connection would be a boost to other books; I'm sure more people have read…
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See, I have no journalism in my background, so I wasn't practised at research or writing non-fiction, nor at handling…
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The problem and privilege we all have is being alive in this century and able to read this language. It…
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We didn't have a phone when I was a kid, and I was too shy to smash any public phones,…
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I found some time ago that I have to be careful, while working on a novel, what I read.
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I started writing, or rather, thinking, stories as a child, and at that time the reason was very clear.
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I usually like whatever I've recently finished best.
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In most conventional novels, God is not allowed to be nuts. Nor are nuts allowed to be God.
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Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as…
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That the state of knowledge in any country will exert a directive influence on the general system of instruction adopted…
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Morals are built on religious faith. Virtue is built on morality and influences a culture.
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My first influence obviously was Picasso.
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As a great man's influence never ends, so also there is not definite finality, no end, to a great survey;…
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A husband who submits to his wife's yoke is justly held an object of ridicule. A woman's influence ought to…
— Honore de Balzac
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I guess subconsciously that all the great people you work with have an influence on you.
— Eric Bana
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A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.
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The difference is slight, to the influence of an author, whether he is read by five hundred readers, or by…
— Henry Adams
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I'll put it frankly - Britain has more influence in China than Norway or Switzerland, with all respect for the…
— Jose Manuel Barroso
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If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
— John Quincy Adams
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You don't have to be a 'person of influence' to be influential. In fact, the most influential people in my…
— Scott Adams
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