Attached Quote by Lev Grossman

In my early teens, science fiction and fantasy had an almost-total hold over my imagination. Their outcast status was part of their appeal.

— Hari Kunzru

As you see, I bear some resentment and some scars from the years of anti-genre bigotry. My own fiction, which moves freely around among…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

I grew up reading a lot of fantasy/sci-fi.

— Kris Holden-Ried

I was someone who really loved fantasy novels and science fiction novels.

— Matthew Tobin Anderson

Sci-fi and fantasy used to be a TV staple throughout my childhood. Then it just stopped dead. It was seen as culty, a minority…

— Mark Gatiss

I had a ludicrous childhood, but I feel that I was able to profit from a lot of the idiotic and unfortunate things that…

— Heather O'Neill

One of the liberating effects of science fiction when I was a teenager was precisely its ability to tune me into all sorts of…

— William Gibson

Fantasy and science fiction are my comfort spot.

— Marie Lu

It's funny because when I was growing up, I was really into science fiction and fantasy as a kid. And, when I first became…

— John Orloff

I always felt that sci-fi and fantasy were my thing. Bit of a geek, Im afraid. But I like creating worlds, and I felt…

— Samantha Shannon

Science fiction writers, when I was a kid, were a big deal.

— Andrew Sean Greer

And I grew up on a steady diet of science fiction, especially apocalyptic and postapocalyptic fiction.

— Justin Cronin