"I do think that short story writing is……" — Robert Sheckley

"I do think that short story writing is often a matter of luck."

— Robert Sheckley

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30 Quotes by Robert Sheckley

Robert Sheckley has 30 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Wherever you go in the galaxy, you can find a food business, a house-building business, a war business, a peace…
Action isn’t my forte. I’m an expert on contemplation and mild regret.
I was never able to write seriously about heroes because I was very aware that I was not one and…
Why in God's name should a God be praised if he is only performing his Godly function?
I'm quite influenced in this by one of my heroes, Montaigne, who thought a man's real task was to render…
I'm not too fond of the hard work and the constant battle with self-doubt that goes on when I write,…
Once you find you can't walk as far and as fast as you were able, life becomes more complicated.
So I wrote what I hoped would be science fiction, I was not at all sure if what I wrote…
Science fiction is very healthy in its form.
I'm not so interested any more in how a great deal of science fiction goes. It goes into things like…
I have never been a critic of science fiction as a whole.
A lot of us don't want to be quite that serious about world problems. Our life is there to enjoy,…

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More Luck Quotes

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Sometimes I still can't believe my luck. — David Bailey
Luck? I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck… — Lucille Ball
I think luck gets you on to the stage. But it has nothing to do with keeping you there. — Eric Bana
This world is run with far too tight a rein for luck to interfere. Fortune sells her wares; she never… — Amelia Barr
It is by universal misunderstanding that all agree. For if, by ill luck, people understood each other, they would never… — Charles Baudelaire
We owe a lot to Thomas Edison - if it wasn't for him, we'd be watching television by candlelight. — Milton Berle
I'm a lucky guy and I'm happy to be with the Yankees. And I want to thank everyone for making… — Yogi Berra
I'm done with men... I'm going to be alone. I have no luck with relationships. I don't think I'm made… — Halle Berry
The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling. — Ambrose Bierce
I made 50 million bucks yesterday. That's a flameout I could get used to. — Conrad Black
Be grateful for luck. Pay the thunder no mind - listen to the birds. And don't hate nobody. — Eubie Blake
I'm amazed that things have panned out the way they have. I always say I'm so lucky, though my mum… — Orlando Bloom

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