"Ninety percent of SF [science fiction] is crud,……" — Theodore Sturgeon

Ninety percent of SF [science fiction] is crud, but then, ninety percent… - Theodore Sturgeon

"Ninety percent of SF [science fiction] is crud, but then, ninety percent of everything is crud."

— Theodore Sturgeon

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60 Quotes by Theodore Sturgeon

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Ninety percent of everything is crap.
A science fiction story is a story with a human problem, and a human solution, that would not have happened…
If ever you want to touch the hand and the heart of God Almighty, you can do it through the…
No man can rob successfully over a period of years without pleasing the people he robs.
If All Men Were Brothers, Would You Let One Marry Your Sister?
Fear is a survival instinct; fear in its way is a comfort for it means that somewhere hope is alive.
It's the Simple things that are really effective. Try to remember that.
Science fiction, outside of poetry, is the only literary field which has no limits, no parameters whatsoever. You can go…
I quit my job, and went ashore to become a writer.
I repeat Sturgeon's Revelation, which was wrung out of me after twenty years of wearying defense of science fiction against…
The story of my very first sale is the fact that I dreamed up a foolproof paper to cheat an…
When I can't do something, this always impels me to study it.

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More Crud Quotes

This quote is filed under Crud Quotes, one of 8 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

I repeat Sturgeon's Revelation, which was wrung out of me after twenty years of wearying defense of science fiction against… — Theodore Sturgeon
If [a United States Supreme Court Justice is] in the doghouse with the Chief [Justice], he gets the crud. He… — Harry A. Blackmun
A running machine, that glides over mud, crud and goop. — Ed Eyestone
There's such a buildup of crud in my oven, there's only room to bake a single cupcake. — Phyllis Diller
One thing about pioneers that you don't hear mentioned is that they are invariably, by their nature, mess-makers. They go… — Robert M. Pirsig
What the creeping crud is that?" [Percy] demanded. "You’re inside a giant glowing chicken-man!" "Hawk!" I yelled. I decided that… — Rick Riordan
Aw crud, what a rip off! I don't even get to fight them! — Goku

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