About Quote by Robert J. Sawyer Download Open image “Sci-fi is just as much about social science as technology.” — Robert J. Sawyer ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.3 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare About Much Science Social Social science Technology
Sci-fi works for me as a way of getting across a social conceit couched as entertainment. Social realist movies lost their way because they… — Miguel Sapochnik Copy Share Image
One of the great things about the sci-fi genre is that you can kind of get away with a bit more when talking politics,… — Rachel Nichols Copy Share Image
I think people do sci-fi a huge disservice by lumping it as some sort of bizarre subculture genre when I think everybody's lives are… — Mark Sheppard Copy Share Image
[Social] science fiction is that branch of literature which is concerned with the impact of scientific advance on human beings. — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
I think it's too fast to say that all sci-fi ultimately winds up having some place in science. On the other hand, imaginative minds… — Brian Greene Copy Share Image
Sci-fi is often a metaphor. I think it's more the themes and questions that science fiction raises rather than the exact predictions that should… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Science fiction is the WikiLeaks of science, getting word to the public about what cutting-edge research really means. — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
My point has always been that, ever since the Industrial Revolution, science fiction has been the most important genre there is. — Iain Banks Copy Share Image
I keep waiting for a paradigm shift to happen that will let network and studio execs see that sci-fi is the same as any… — J. Michael Straczynski Copy Share Image
Sci-fi's great, but you don't have to hit people over the head with it when you're making a social comment. It just inherently exists… — Miguel Sapochnik Copy Share Image
Naturally, one does not normally discuss plans to commit murder with the intended victim. — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
I'm much more interested in writing about the things that engage and enrage me as an adult rather than in wallowing in childhood sorrows. — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
Our job is not to predict the future. Rather, it's to suggest all the possible futures - so that society can make informed decisions… — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
That natural selection can produce changes within a type is disputed by no one, not even the staunchest creationist. But that it can transform… — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
“You really did uplift me. You gave me the perspective and point of view and focus I needed to become truly conscious. Without you,… — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
I'm often characterized as an optimistic writer, and certainly my 'Neanderthal Parallax' and 'WWW' trilogies shade toward the utopian. I like to think that's… — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
I started wondering why it is that people line up behind charismatic leaders. It's easy to understand the emergence of a figure who's narcissistic… — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
When you're changing centuries, people get curious about the future. — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
Real people are complex, contradictory, and have their own motivations - they can't just be mouthpieces for the writers' point of view. — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
“All right,” he said. “Since you asked, Webmind is an emergent quantum-computational system based on a stable null-sigma condensate that resists decoherence thanks to… — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
Social progress is a big thing for me. Although science fiction is traditionally concerned with the hard sciences, which is chemistry, physics, and, some… — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
If you ask an introvert a question, wait until she thinks about it. Introverts think before speaking, not through speaking. If you want to… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
I talk to my mates about our kids, being too tired and being worn out. — Holly Willoughby Copy Share Image
With 'Pretty Girls,' I saw the opportunity to talk not just about crime but what crime leaves behind. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
I write about presidents. That means I write about guys - so far. I'm interested in the people closest to them, the people they… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
That's something a lot of folks don't know about me - I'm pretty darn funny. — Michael Jai White Copy Share Image
I don't think about the press or the crowds or the other leaders of the race. The focus is only on myself. As soon… — Magdalena Neuner Copy Share Image
Sport is not just about entertainment. It is equally about winning and losing, pooling and galvanising the energy of the youth, upgrading people's physical… — Nita Ambani Copy Share Image
One of the ways that I discovered my confidence and my ability to overpower is becoming a mother. Suddenly, my world wasn't about myself… — Lights Copy Share Image
I didn't want to do 'Fashion Police' because I thought, 'This is stupid, this is beneath me, who wants to talk about fashion?' It… — Joan Rivers Copy Share Image
I just worried about my weight. Worried about my appearance and thought I wan't pretty enough to be a pop star. It was very… — Judith Durham Copy Share Image
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