Arbitrary Quote by Rudy Rucker

Whenever you deal with science fiction you are setting up a world of rules. I think you work hard to establish the rules. And…

— Joel Edgerton

Realistic novels simply pretend that the rules of their invented worlds are identical to the rules of actual life, but that's a ruse.

— John Crowley

Science fiction writers, I am sorry to say, really do not know anything.

— Philip K. Dick

If you write genre fiction, you follow the rules, and you have to follow them because readers expect that.

— Yann Martel

An author's characters do what he wants them to do.

— W. E. B. Griffin

Science fiction is something I never understood.

— John Waters

You do a drama, and you are limited by the rules of reality, and in science fiction, you create your own reality. Some people…

— David Twohy

With science fiction there's endless possibilities.

— Anna Torv

The characters have their own lives and their own logic, and you have to act accordingly.

— Isaac Bashevis Singer

So much of literary sci-fi is about creating worlds that are rich and detailed and make sense at a social level. We'll create a…

— James Cameron

“On some level, most novelists write fiction to create order out of chaos. When you shape a fictional story, you can tie every loose…

— Kevin Guilfoile

Science fiction is about worlds you don't know and worlds you can create, like in 'Avatar'.

— Paul Verhoeven