Science Fiction Quotes - Page 18

• I've actually usually been wary of taking on science fiction as an actor because it's really tough to do. It's really difficult to execute. There's often lots of prosthetics, green screen and special effects, and it can get very technical.

  Grant Bowler

  Special, Fiction, Actors

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• People as me how I do research for my science fiction. The answer is, I never do any research.

  Frederik Pohl

  Writing, People, Research

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• I do enjoy reading some science fiction.

  Colin Farrell

  Reading, Fiction, Enjoy

  Interview with Steve Head, www.ign.com. June 26, 2002.

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• 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 a screenwriter, I ended up really just doing historical drama and non-fiction based stuff, like Band of Brothers and stuff that didn't get made, but was also non-fiction.

  John Orloff

  Brother, Growing Up, Drama

  Source: collider.com

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• More than fantasy or even science fiction, Ray Bradbury wrote horror, and like so many great horror writers he was himself utterly without fear, of anything. He wasn't afraid of looking uncool - he wasn't scared to openly love innocence, or to be optimistic, or to write sentimentally when he felt that way.

  Lev Grossman

  Writing, Optimistic, Fiction

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• Science fiction made me aware of how big and strange the universe was, leaving aside the whole question of aliens.

  Ken MacLeod

  Leaving, Fiction, Strange

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• The science fiction world has a lot of people doing seriously imaginative thinking.

  Paul Krugman

  Thinking, People, Fiction

  "Economist Paul Krugman Is a Hard-Core Science Fiction Fan". "Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy" Interview, www.wired.com. May 30, 2012.

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• In really, really good science fiction the line between the science and the fiction is blurry.

  Damon Lindelof

  Fiction, Lines, Blurry

  "Writing a TED Talk from the future: Q&A with Damon Lindelof". TED Talk, blog.ted.com. February 28, 2012.

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• If you take 2001: A Space Odyssey as an example of somebody who creates a new language in film by what he was able to accomplish with art direction, photography, lighting, etc., it is still a gold standard for science fiction.

  Matthew Modine

  Photography, Art, Space

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• Now, being a science fiction writer, when I see a natural principle, I wonder if it could fail.

  Rudy Rucker

  Fiction, Principles, Wonder

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• What do my science fiction stories have in common with pornography? Fantasies of an impossibly hospitable world, I'm told.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Fiction Stories, World, Common

  Kurt Vonnegut (1988). “Conversations with Kurt Vonnegut”, p.133, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• I finally decided one day, reading science fiction magazines of the time, I could do at least as well as some of these people are doing. So I finally made a serious effort.

  Fred Saberhagen

  Reading, People, Effort

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• There's a big overlap with the people you meet at the fantasy and science fiction cons.

  Fred Saberhagen

  People, Fiction, Fantasy

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• It seems like there's a real appetite for science fiction in the States.

  Matt Smith

  Real, Fiction, States

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I think you can get away with being a bit more political in science fiction.

  Rupert Sanders

  Thinking, Political, Fiction

  "'Snow white' director believes he can make 'Halo' movie work" by Terry Schwartz, www.mtv.com. May 23, 2012.

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• Science fiction is becoming more of a diverse kind of genre.

  Anna Torv

  Fiction, Becoming, Kind

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• Fantasies are things that can't happen, and science fiction is about things that can happen.

  Ray Bradbury

  Fiction, Fantasy, Happens

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Braxton Cosby's stories feel personal and well thought-out. I'm happy to welcome this entertaining writer to the YA science fiction field. I look forward to more of his work!

  Tananarive Due

  Looks, Fiction, Stories

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• As a child I always steered clear of science fiction, but in the autumn of 1977 the bow-wave of publicity for the first Star Wars movie had already reached me, so I was eager for anything science-fictional.

  Philip Reeve

  Stars, Children, War

  "Philip Reeve: 'I can't even drive a car, let alone an inter-dimensional phone box'". Interview with Patrick, www.theguardian.com. April 30, 2013.

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• I never would have guessed I would be making science fiction and horror films.

  Matt Reeves

  Would Be, Fiction, Horror

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Sometimes people talk about conflict between humans and machines, and you can see that in a lot of science fiction. But the machines were creating are not some invasion from Mars. We create these tools to expand our own reach.

  Ray Kurzweil

  Creating, People, Tools

  "Google's Ray Kurzweil on the quest to live forever". Interview with Kate Lunau, www.macleans.ca. October 14, 2013.

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• Theres two tiers of science fiction: the McDonalds sci-fi like Star Trek, where they have an adventure and solve it before the last commercial, and there are books that once youve read, you never look at the world the same way again.

  David Gerrold

  Stars, Book, Adventure

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• One of the many things that surprised me about Wool is how many of its fans don't consider themselves science fiction readers.

  Hugh Howey

  Fans, Wool, Fiction

  "Hugh Howey Interview Part 1: Science Fiction, Indie Writing, And Success". Interview with Eric Wecks, www.wired.com. March 29, 2012.

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• A good scenario doesn't make a good science fiction story - but it's a setting within which a good science fiction story might be told.

  Jamais Cascio

  Fiction Stories, Might, Good Science

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• My most memorable science fiction experience was Star Wars and seeing R2D2 and C3PO. I fell in love with those robots.

  Cynthia Breazeal

  Stars, War, Memorable

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