Quotes about science Fiction

Fantasy is the impossible made probable. Science Fiction is the improbable made possible. Votes: 6

If science fiction is the mythology of modern technology, then its myth is tragic. Votes: 6

Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the blinder critics and philosophers of today - but the core of science fiction, its essence has become crucial to our salvation if we are to be saved at all. Votes: 6

Time travel used to be thought of as just science fiction, but Einstein's general theory of relativity allows for the possibility that we could warp space-time so much that you could go off in a rocket and return before you set out. Votes: 6

Science fiction is any idea that occurs in the head and doesn't exist yet, but soon will, and will change everything for everybody, and nothing will ever be the same again. As soon as you have an idea that changes some small part of the world you are writing science fiction. It is always the art of the possible, never the impossible. Votes: 6

When I die, I'm leaving my body to science fiction. Votes: 4

Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories. Votes: 4

Space or science fiction has become a dialect for our time. Votes: 4

Science fiction writers, I am sorry to say, really do not know anything. Votes: 4

You don't get rich writing science fiction. If you want to get rich, you start a religion. Votes: 4

Science fiction writers foresee the inevitable, and although problems and catastrophes may be inevitable, solutions are not. Votes: 4

Science fiction films are not about science. They are about disaster, which is one of the oldest subjects of art. Votes: 4

Anything you dream is fiction, and anything you accomplish is science, the whole history of mankind is nothing but science fiction. Votes: 4

Everything is becoming science fiction. From the margins of an almost invisible literature has sprung the intact reality of the 20th century. Votes: 4

For me science fiction is a way of thinking, a way of logic that bypasses a lot of nonsense. It allows people to look directly at important subjects. Votes: 4

[T]he one indispensable ingredient of science fiction [is] a belief in a world being changed by man's intellect, a conviction that what was being written could really happen. Votes: 4

I have been a soreheaded occupant of a file drawer labeled "science fiction" ... and I would like out, particularly since so many serious critics regularly mistake the drawer for a urinal. Votes: 4

Science fiction writers, I am sorry to say, really do not know anything. We can't talk about science, because our knowledge of it is limited and unofficial, and usually our fiction is dreadful. Votes: 4

One of the biggest roles of science fiction is to prepare people to accept the future without pain and to encourage a flexibility of the mind. Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories. Votes: 4

Science fiction is the search for a definition of mankind and his status in the universe which will stand in our advanced but confused state of knowledge (science), and is characteristically cast in the Gothic or post Gothic mode. Votes: 4

That's really what SF is all about, you know: the big reality that pervades the real world we live in: the reality of change. Science fiction is the very literature of change. In fact, it is the only such literature we have. Votes: 4

In sci-fi convention, life-forms that hadn't developed space travel were mere prehistory -- horse-shoe crabs of the cosmic scene -- and something of the humiliation of being stuck on a provincial planet in a galactic backwater has stayed with me ever since. Votes: 4

Science fiction is the most important literature in the history of the world, because it's the history of ideas, the history of our civilization birthing itself. ...Science fiction is central to everything we've ever done, and people who make fun of science fiction writers don't know what they're talking about. Votes: 4

I don't read Science Fiction. Votes: 3

Science Fiction: fairy tales for nerds. Votes: 3

Science Fiction is the jazz of literature. Votes: 3

Science Fiction has rivets, fantasy has trees. Votes: 3

Science Fiction is a branch of children's literature. Votes: 3

Science Fiction: Any scientific acclaim that omits God Votes: 3

Geoff Nelder inhabits Science Fiction the way other people inhabit their clothes. Votes: 3

Fantasy is the impossible made probable. Science Fiction is the improbable made possible. Votes: 3

Science Fiction has always been and will always be a fable teacher of morality. Votes: 3

I was clasified as a 'Science Fiction' writer simply because I wrote about Schenectady. Votes: 3

The best Science Fiction is as good as the best fiction in any field. Votes: 3

Of the two, I would think of my work as closer to Science Fiction than Fantasy. Votes: 3

I'm mostly a novelist these days, but I have written short stories in Fantasy, Science Fiction and horror. Votes: 3

Science Fiction will never run out of things to wonder about until the human race ceases to use its brain. Votes: 3

The Place of No Shadows, in Isaac Asimovs Science Fiction Magazine (1990) In our Universe, matter is arranged in a hierarchy of structures by successive integrations. Votes: 3

I have heard Science Fiction and Fantasy referred to as the fiction of ideas, and I like that definition, but it's the mainstream public that chooses my books for the most part. Votes: 3

I have done a lot of things outside of Science Fiction, but there has been an almost disproportionate amount of that genre in my body of work. I don't know what to make of it. Votes: 3

We have people being a little uncomfortable in their life on Earth with finances and so on, so Science Fantasy or Science Fiction allows people to think that there are possibilities beyond the gravity of our planet. Votes: 3

I started in this racket in the early '70s, and when I was president of the Science Fiction Writers of America, of which I was like the sixth president, I was the first one nobody ever heard of. Votes: 3

Science Fiction is not just about the future of space ships travelling to other planets, it is fiction based on science and I am using science as my basis for my fiction, but it's the science of prehistory - palaeontology and archaeology - rather than astronomy or physics. Votes: 3

When I die, I'm gonna leave my body to science fiction. Votes: 2

Science fiction is trying to find alternative ways of looking at realities. Votes: 2

I wrote the very first stories in science fiction which dealt with homosexuality, The World Well Lost and Affair With a Green Monkey. Votes: 2

Change is the principal feature of our age and literature should explore how people deal with it. The best science fiction does that, head-on. Votes: 2

In every other science fiction series, humans are at the top of the food chain. In the 'Babylon 5' universe, they're in the bottom third. Votes: 2

I like science fiction, I like fantasy, I like time travel, so I had this idea: What if you had a phone that could call into the past? Votes: 2

Science fiction has a way of letting you talk about where we are in the world and letting you be a bit of a pop philosopher without being didactic. Votes: 2

In the past, it was only in science fiction novels that you could read about ordinary people being able to go to space... But you laid the foundation for space tourism. Votes: 2

Only a minority of science fiction dystopias attempt to plumb the real existential roots of oppression, the flaws in humanity's nature that undermine our best attempts at organizing ourselves into social units. Votes: 2

I didn't have a manifesto. I had some discontent. It seemed to me that midcentury mainstream American science fiction had often been triumphalist and militaristic, a sort of folk propaganda for American exceptionalism. Votes: 2

One of the most interesting things about science fiction and fantasy is the way that the genres can offer different perspectives on matters to do with the body, the mind, medical technology, and the way we live our lives. Votes: 2

Wandering around the web is like living in a world in which every doorway is actually one of those science fiction devices which deposit you in a completely different part of the world when you walk through them. In fact, it isn't like it, it is it. Votes: 2

For the last 30 years our cinemas have been ruled by science fiction and horror. We've had some very good Fantasy films in that time period, but for my tastes I still haven't seen fantasy done to absolute perfection. That is the hope I have in this project. Votes: 2

I think that's what distinguishes Schmidt, really. In the movies now, so much of what is appealing to an audience is the dramatic or has to do with science fiction, and Schmidt is simply human. There's no melodrama; there's no device, It's just about a human being. Votes: 2

Before I was reading science fiction, I read Hemingway. Farewell to Arms was my first adult novel that said not everything ends well. It was one of those times where reading has meant a great deal to me, in terms of my development - an insight came from that book. Votes: 2

A good writer should be able to write comedic work that made you laugh, and scary stuff that made you scared, and fantasy or science fiction that imbued you with a sense of wonder, and mainstream journalism that gave you clear and concise information in a way that you wanted it. Votes: 2

We've been surrounded by images of space our whole lives, from the speculative images of science fiction to the inspirational visions of artists to the increasingly beautiful pictures made possible by complex technologies. But whilst we have an overwhelmingly vivid visual understanding of space, we have no sense of what space sounds like. Votes: 2

A snappy label and a manifesto would have been two of the very last things on my own career want list. That label enabled mainstream science fiction to safely assimilate our dissident influence, such as it was. Cyberpunk could then be embraced and given prizes and patted on the head, and genre science fiction could continue unchanged. Votes: 2

Remember, science fiction's always been the kind of first level alert to think about things to come. It's easier for an audience to take warnings from sci-fi without feeling that we're preaching to them. Every science fiction movie I have ever seen, any one that's worth its weight in celluloid, warns us about things that ultimately come true. Votes: 2

Knowing' is one of those movies where you're going to get the spectacle, and you're going to have the entertainment in the grand science fiction tradition. But also, it will perhaps stimulate some discussion to help you sort out on your own where you might choose to go in terms of your own needs. Now, I say that without preaching. Votes: 2

I do love science fiction, but it's not really a genre unto itself; it always seems to merge with another genre. With the few movies I've done, I've ended up playing with genre in some way or another, so any genre that's made to mix with others is like candy to me. It allows you to use big, mythic situations to talk about ordinary things. Votes: 2

We never had books at home, but my dad, seeing how keen I was to read, took me to Islington Library when I was about eight and we pulled out two - a Biggles and a science fiction novel. I never got the ace fighter pilot but fell in love with all things to do with the future and space. Isaac Asimov soon became my guiding star. Votes: 2

I hate science fiction. Votes: 0

I love science fiction. Votes: 0

I quite enjoy science fiction. Votes: 0

With science fiction there's endless possibilities. Votes: 0

My mom introduced me to science-fiction. Votes: 0

I'm a huge science fiction fan. Votes: 0

I'd always been a science fiction enthusiast. Votes: 0

I do enjoy reading some science fiction. Votes: 0

Today's science fiction is tomorrow's science fact. Votes: 0

I'm a science fiction and fantasy geek. Votes: 0

I've always been interested in science fiction Votes: 0

Science fiction still is an idea genre. Votes: 0

I do love science-fiction and horror movies. Votes: 0

Science fiction is an extension of science. Votes: 0

Science fiction is the agent provocateur of literature. Votes: 0

The science fiction method is dissection and reconstruction. Votes: 0

Science fiction works best when it stimulates debate. Votes: 0

Science fiction is very healthy in its form. Votes: 0

I've called science fiction 'reality ahead of schedule' Votes: 0

Science fiction is not prescriptive; it is descriptive. Votes: 0

Science fiction is anything published as science fiction. Votes: 0

I'm pretty catholic about what constitutes science fiction. Votes: 0

Most science fiction, quite frankly, is silly nonsense. Votes: 0

Science fiction is the very literature of change. Votes: 0

I was always attracted to science fiction movies Votes: 0

I'm a massive science fiction and fantasy geek. Votes: 0

The Golden Age of science fiction is thirteen. Votes: 0

Im a massive science fiction and fantasy geek. Votes: 0

Science fiction is, after all, the art of extrapolation. Votes: 0

Science fiction is fantasy with bolts painted on outside. Votes: 0

Science fiction tends to be philosophy for stupid people. Votes: 0

I was a very keen reader of science fiction. Votes: 0

Fantasy and science fiction are where my brain lives. Votes: 0

I read everything: fiction, history, science, mathematics, biography, travel. Votes: 0

Farscape' is not what you call hard science fiction. Votes: 0

People who love science fiction really do love sex. Votes: 0

I'm not a science fiction writer, I'm a physicist. Votes: 0

I think science fiction is very bad at prediction. Votes: 0

Science fiction is the sovereign prophylactic against future shock. Votes: 0

I want to do science fiction with dark stories. Votes: 0

Farscape is not what you call hard science fiction. Votes: 0

Science fiction and comedy are generally a pretty bumpy mix. Votes: 0

Science fiction deals with improbable possibilities, fantasy with plausible impossibilities. Votes: 0

Science-fiction balances you on the cliff. Fantasy shoves you off. Votes: 0

I never really saw myself as writing science fiction anyway. Votes: 0

Science fiction writers aren't fortune tellers. Fortune tellers are fakes. Votes: 0

As a student, I wrote English reports on science fiction. Votes: 0

I'm fond of science fiction. But not all science fiction. Votes: 0

Science fiction is a kind of archaeology of the future. Votes: 0

I was a science fiction junkie for a long time. Votes: 0

Science fiction is for real, space opera is for fun. Votes: 0

The past is fantasy, and the future is science fiction. Votes: 0

It's clear that science and science fiction have overlapping populations. Votes: 0

Star Wars' is more fairy tale than true science fiction. Votes: 0

'Star Wars' is more fairy tale than true science fiction. Votes: 0

Science fiction is becoming more of a diverse kind of genre. Votes: 0

I love science fiction. I read a lot of science fiction. Votes: 0

'Alien' is a landmark. One of the really good science-fiction films. Votes: 0

I'm pretty sure my love affair with science-fiction started with ET. Votes: 0

Alien' is a landmark. One of the really good science-fiction films. Votes: 0

I got into science fiction by being interested in astronomy first. Votes: 0

I love science fiction but especially his because it's so humane. Votes: 0

In science fiction a fantastic event or development is considered rationally. Votes: 0

I want to be the Cecil B. DeMille of science fiction. Votes: 0

Comics also led a lot of young people to science fiction. Votes: 0

First-rate science fiction was, and remains, more interesting than second-rate art. Votes: 0

In science fiction, you can also test out your own realities. Votes: 0

Fantasy deals with the immeasurable while science-fiction deals with the measurable. Votes: 0

Yeah I loved, as a kid growing up, I loved science-fiction. Votes: 0

I dig science fiction, though it was never really my thing. Votes: 0

I was raised on comic books, and I love science fiction. Votes: 0

Science to me is sufficiently weird and interesting, and stranger than fiction. Votes: 0

The boundary between science fiction and social reality is an optical illusion Votes: 0

Moonshots live in that place between audacious projects and pure science fiction. Votes: 0

Questions are fiction, and answers are anything from more fiction to science-fiction. Votes: 0

Richard Dawkins's The Selfish Gene is a classic example of science fiction. Votes: 0

Ours is the first generation that has grown up with science-fiction ideas. Votes: 0

I was someone who really loved fantasy novels and science fiction novels. Votes: 0

No matter what decade science fiction comes from, it's representing the present. Votes: 0

The shape I'm in, I could donate my body to science fiction. Votes: 0

Science fiction was never my thing. I have no interest in it. Votes: 0

I have never been a critic of science fiction as a whole. Votes: 0

Many fiction writers who put the science in dont get it right. Votes: 0

I don't read other science fiction. I don't read any at all. Votes: 0

Science fiction is a genre that no everyone is keen on watching. Votes: 0

We need more science, but what we especially need is science fiction. Votes: 0

Science fiction is what I point at when I say science fiction. Votes: 0

Many fiction writers who put the science in don't get it right. Votes: 0

Real science can be far stranger than science fiction and much more satisfying. Votes: 0

My briefest ever definition of science fiction is 'Hubris clobbered by Nemesis.' Votes: 0

Every day, I read books on philosophy and science fiction and human consciousness. Votes: 0

Science fiction has these obsessions with certain sciences - large scale engineering, neuroscience. Votes: 0

I'd never been to a science-fiction convention until I became a professional writer. Votes: 0

Science fiction is not necessarily either fiction or anything to do with science. Votes: 0

What got my interested in science fiction was actually the American space program. Votes: 0

In science-fiction films the monster should always be bigger than the leading lady. Votes: 0

Science fiction makes the implausible possible, while science fantasy makes the impossible plausible. Votes: 0

I'm a science fiction geek from birth - that's just who I am. Votes: 0

The science fiction world has a lot of people doing seriously imaginative thinking. Votes: 0

There is no such thing as science fiction, there is only science eventuality. Votes: 0

It seems like there's a real appetite for science fiction in the States. Votes: 0

For me the purest and truest art in the world is science fiction. Votes: 0

A lot of the cosmologists and astrophysicists clearly had been reading science fiction. Votes: 0

Science is my territory, but science fiction is the landscape of my dreams. Votes: 0

Today's recording techniques would have been regarded as science fiction forty years ago. Votes: 0

I was inspired to become a writer by horror movies and science fiction. Votes: 0

But Roy Rockwood, it was science fiction for the sake of science fiction. Votes: 0

Once it gets off the ground into space, all science fiction is fantasy. Votes: 0

Even people that were never interested in science fiction are interested in STAR TREK. Votes: 0

In science fiction, we're always searching for new frontiers. We're drawn to the unknown. Votes: 0

Science fiction does not remain fiction for long. And certainly not on the Internet. Votes: 0

Science fiction, to me, has not only things that wouldn't happen, but other planets. Votes: 0

I started out writing much more science fictiony stuff and writing about science fiction. Votes: 0

The dilemma felt by science fiction writers will be perceived in other creative endeavors. Votes: 0

Anybody who grew up with the space program is a fan of science fiction. Votes: 0

I've always thought of science fiction as being, at some level, a 19th-century business. Votes: 0

Science fiction at its best should be crazy and dangerous, not sane and safe. Votes: 0

There is nothing to be learned from history anymore. We're in science fiction now. Votes: 0

Science fiction writers missed the most salient feature of our modern era: the Internet. Votes: 0

I love science fiction stuff - I'm a bit of a dweeb like that. Votes: 0

Starring in a science fiction film doesn't mean you have to act science fiction. Votes: 0

[Science fiction is] a mode of romance with a strong inherent tendency to myth. Votes: 0

My parents are both huge science-fiction and fantasy fans - I was fed it. Votes: 0

I can list on one hand the famous science fiction writers I never met. Votes: 0

We live in a science fiction universe. We have done for a long time. Votes: 0

For books, I don't read much fiction, but like travel essays and good pop-science. Votes: 0

I never would have guessed I would be making science fiction and horror films. Votes: 0

If you take the shackles off your imagination, you can go anywhere with science fiction. Votes: 0

Apparently I’ve been typecast in science fiction: I’m a Russian bisexual telepathic Jew. Votes: 0

A science fiction writer should try to combine the intimately human with the grandly cosmic. Votes: 0

Once confined to fantasy and science fiction, time travel is now simply an engineering problem. Votes: 0

I think the least important thing about science fiction for me is its predictive capacity. Votes: 0

Science always interested me, and science, real science, was more science fiction than science fiction. Votes: 0

Science fiction is no more written for scientists that ghost stories are written for ghosts. Votes: 0

Science fiction is no more written for scientists than ghost stories are written for ghosts. Votes: 0

Fantasies are things that can't happen, and science fiction is about things that can happen. Votes: 0

Science fiction, extrasensory perception, and black people are judged by the worst elements they produce. Votes: 0

Every moment of a science fiction story must represent the triumph of writing over world-building. Votes: 0

I'm a huge science fiction fan, and I'm a huge fan of J. Michael Straczynski. Votes: 0

There are plenty of images of women in science fiction. There are hardly any women. Votes: 0

Acting in more science fiction films would be fine by me. I love doing them. Votes: 0

I think you can get away with being a bit more political in science fiction. Votes: 0

Science fiction is about what could be but isn't; fantasy is about what couldn't be. Votes: 0

I've loved science fiction my whole life. But I've never made a science fiction movie. Votes: 0

I hope to build a reputation as a science-fiction writer. That's the pitch. We'll see. Votes: 0

It's part of a cycle of stories I'm writing where I deconstruct classic science fiction. Votes: 0

Before I'm a zombie nerd, before I'm a science-fiction nerd, I am a history nerd. Votes: 0

The protocols of science fiction and the protocols of science are not separate-they'r e woven together. Votes: 0

And I grew up on a steady diet of science fiction, especially apocalyptic and postapocalyptic fiction. Votes: 0

My taste in watching things runs from dramas and low-budget films to high-end fantasy/science fiction. Votes: 0

It [science fiction] really is the only genre that lets you use your imagination without limitations. Votes: 0

Actually, I'm addicted to science fiction. Let me make my diction clear - I love sci-fi. Votes: 0

In really, really good science fiction, the line between the science and the fiction is blurry. Votes: 0

Archaeology is the anthropology of the past, and science fiction is the anthropology of the future. Votes: 0

Science fiction writers put characters into a world with arbitrary rules and work out what happens. Votes: 0

Ninety percent of SF [science fiction] is crud, but then, ninety percent of everything is crud. Votes: 0

Science fiction is filled with Martians and space travel to other planets, and things like that. Votes: 0

Science fiction is really a rather tiny business compared with its giant cousin, which is fantasy. Votes: 0

I was always fascinated by science-fiction shows, shows like 'Star Trek' and 'Lost in Space.' Votes: 0

I don't really see science fiction as fiction. I can imagine colonies on Mars and everything. Votes: 0

My music is pretty honest. I can't rap on science fiction. Punk is from the street. Votes: 0

I grew up watching science fiction and action movies. I love it. I absolutely love it! Votes: 0

Imagination is the key to my lyrics. The rest is painted with a little science fiction. Votes: 0

I'm sure there's an alternate universe where I got to become a pulpy science fiction writer. Votes: 0

I was always into science fiction as a kid. I loved science and tinkering with things. Votes: 0

The most visceral science fiction always takes place in the past and focuses on the humdrum Votes: 0

Art sometimes imitates life. When it does, science fiction presages what form that life may take. Votes: 0

It's very strange writing science fiction in a world that moves as fast as ours does. Votes: 0

When I was a kid, I read the science-fiction shelves, and I read the fantasy shelves. Votes: 0

The only people who have the long view are some scientists and some science fiction writers. Votes: 0

There's a big overlap with the people you meet at the fantasy and science fiction cons. Votes: 0

With science fiction I think we are preparing ourselves for contact with them, whoever they may be. Votes: 0

There are relatively few science fiction or fantasy books with the main character being an old person. Votes: 0

I began reading science fiction before I was 12 and started writing science fiction around the same time. Votes: 0

The young adult category is particularly interesting to me in terms of science fiction and fantasy tropes. Votes: 0

As a genre-bending blend of police procedural and science fiction, The Silk Code delivers on its promises. Votes: 0

I think Junior is certainly a science fiction premise as is Twins, as is Dave, beyond Ghostbusters. Votes: 0

Science fiction invites the writer to grandly explore alternative worlds and pose questions about meaning and destiny. Votes: 0

It is not extraordinary that the extraterrestrial origin of women was a recurrent theme of science fiction. Votes: 0

Science fiction is one of the smartest genres around because you have to have so much forethought. Votes: 0

Science fiction, outside of poetry, is the only literary field which has no limits, no parameters whatsoever. Votes: 0

Psychic, though? That sounds like something out of science fiction. We live in a space ship, dear. Votes: 0

A good science fiction story should be able to predict not the automobile but the traffic jam. Votes: 0

I define science fiction as the art of the possible. Fantasy is the art of the impossible. Votes: 0

The fact that it's science fiction gives you the license to do anything you want to do. Votes: 0

I would be more frightened as a writer if people thought my movies were like science fiction. Votes: 0

Fantasy is the oldest form of literature and science fiction is just a new twist on it. Votes: 0

I like science fiction. I took all the accelerated classes in school. I'm kind of a dork. Votes: 0

One of the nice things about science fiction is that it lets us carry out thought experiments. Votes: 0

I was hardly fit for human society. Thus destiny shaped me to be a science fiction writer. Votes: 0

I first read science fiction in the old British Chum annual when I was about 12 years old. Votes: 0

The function of science fiction is not always to predict the future but sometimes to prevent it. Votes: 0

I happen to be one of those rare actors that actually loves very intelligent and well-acted science fiction. Votes: 0

Science fiction encourages us to explore... all the futures, good and bad, that the human mind can envision. Votes: 0

Science fiction let me do both. It let me look into science and stick my nose in everywhere. Votes: 0

I'm very interested in science fiction, and I like new things. I've never been a really sentimental person. Votes: 0

I find science so much more fascinating than science fiction. It also has the advantage of being true. Votes: 0

There's a science fiction project we really want to make, but it's very expensive. Hopefully it will happen. Votes: 0

The science fiction approach doesn't mean it's always about the future; it's an awareness that this is different. Votes: 0

Does it strike you, Mr. Keller, that we live every day in the science fiction of our youth? Votes: 0

I've always been a science fiction fan since I had understood the conception of what a story was. Votes: 0

Science fiction is the only genre that enables African writers to envision a future from our African perspective. Votes: 0

I just think the whole disease model of addiction is crap. It's rooted in fiction and junk science. Votes: 0

Part of the particular interest and beauty of science fiction and fantasy: writer and reader collaborate in world-making. Votes: 0

[Science fiction is] the attempt to deal rationally with alternate possibilities in a manner which will be entertaining. Votes: 0

Hollywood wants to go for the flash, because that's what a lot of them think science fiction is. Votes: 0

Men read science fiction to build the future. Women don't need to read it. They are the future. Votes: 0

I don't remember learning to read, but the first thing I remember reading is a science fiction novel. Votes: 0

If you're going to make a science fiction movie, then have a hover craft chase, for God's sake. Votes: 0

I've always loved science fiction. I think the smartest writers are science fiction writers dealing with major things. Votes: 0

Now, being a science fiction writer, when I see a natural principle, I wonder if it could fail. Votes: 0

Science fiction seldom attempts to predict the future. More often than not, it tries to prevent the future. Votes: 0

I love thrillers. I would even read certain science fiction, although I haven't been a devotee for many years. Votes: 0

I never, as a reader, have been particularly interested in dystopian literature or science fiction or, in fact, fantasy. Votes: 0

I love science fiction when it's well-done. I don't like campy stuff. I don't like stuff that's too fantastical. Votes: 0

That's the harm of Close Encounters: that it convinces tens of millions that that's what just science fiction is. Votes: 0

A rustic setting always suggests fantasy; to suggest science fiction, you need sheet metal and plastic. You need rivets. Votes: 0

I like fantasy. I like horror, science fiction because I can get avant-garde with those performances in those movies. Votes: 0

What do my science fiction stories have in common with pornography? Fantasies of an impossibly hospitable world, I'm told. Votes: 0

I have friends, political scientists, sociologists, who all share an interest at least in certain kinds of science fiction. Votes: 0

Carlton Mellick III is one of bizarro fiction's most talented practitioners, a virtuoso of the surreal, science fictional tale. Votes: 0

If what we are doing is not seen by some people as science fiction, it's probably not transformative enough Votes: 0

I grew up obsessed with science fiction, and when I was really young, I wanted to be a scientist. Votes: 0

I've always been a big fan of science fiction and of the worlds of the spiritual and the mystic. Votes: 0

I just had a crazy, wild imagination all my life, and science fiction is the greatest outlet for me. Votes: 0

People ask me how I do research for my science fiction. The answer is, I never do any research. Votes: 0

I read very, very little fiction as a kid. All the books I can remember are junior science books. Votes: 0

The thing about science fiction is that it's totally wide open. But it's wide open in a conditional way. Votes: 0

I think one of the big challenges about science fiction is finding truth to relate to as an actor. Votes: 0

People as me how I do research for my science fiction. The answer is, I never do any research. Votes: 0

To me, it's science fiction for me to do the things I've been blessed to do in this industry. Votes: 0

I love the early films of Al Pacino - 'Scarface,' 'Serpico' - and I love many science-fiction films. Votes: 0

I love the fact that it's not only about Star Trek, but about science fiction in general, and science. Votes: 0

For me, a kitchen is like science fiction. I only go there to open the refrigerator and take something out. Votes: 0

Many of the concepts we once thought belonged to speculation or science fiction are now part of our understood reality. Votes: 0

I had never seen much of Star Trek, or any other science fiction, before I was cast. But Seven's wonderful. Votes: 0

Like many science fiction lovers of my generation, I discovered Andre Norton on the shelves at the junior high's library. Votes: 0

I like certain subgenres within science fiction and fantasy, and one of those is urban fantasy, and another is steampunk. Votes: 0

Modern science fiction is the only form of literature that consistently considers the nature of the changes that face us. Votes: 0

It really wasn't my thing. It still isn't my thing, the whole science-fiction action thing. I prefer simpler, character-based movies. Votes: 0

The difference between science fiction and fantasy … is simply this: science fiction has rivets and fantasy has trees. Votes: 0

I know I'm a rare person, a trained scientist who writes fiction, because so few contemporary novelists engage with science. Votes: 0

If contemporary literary fiction doesn't read a bit like science fiction then it's probably not all that contemporary, is it Votes: 0

Fantastic fiction covers fantasy, horror and science fiction - and it doesn't get the attention it deserves from the literati. Votes: 0

I have 20 or 30 books completely plotted out in my mind - mysteries, thrillers, horror, romance, science fiction. You name it. Votes: 0

[Social] science fiction is that branch of literature which is concerned with the impact of scientific advance on human beings. Votes: 0

Pornography is one of the branches of literature - science fiction is another - aiming at disorientation, at psychic dislocation. Votes: 0

Science fiction without the science just becomes, you know, sword and sorcery, basically stories about heroism and not much more. Votes: 0

By challenging anthropocentricism and temporal provincialism, science fiction throws open the whole of civilization and its premises to constructive criticism. Votes: 0

I am undependable. You might get gritty contemporary with one book, science fiction, magical realism, or high fantasy with another. Votes: 0

Science fiction is the great opportunity to speculate on what could happen. It does give me, as a futurist, scenarios. Votes: 0

I'm not a science fiction writer, I'm a physicist. These are scientists who are making the future in their laboratories. Votes: 0

Yes - 90% of fantasy is crap. And so is 90% of science fiction and 90% of mystery fiction and 90% of literary fiction. Votes: 0

My interest in film is sort of catholic - apart from science fiction and horror movies, I'll watch almost everything. Votes: 0

Science fiction shows are traditionally about the gimmick or the gadget and tend to be emotionally cool to the touch. Votes: 0

Science fiction made me aware of how big and strange the universe was, leaving aside the whole question of aliens. Votes: 0

Science-fiction ... can be defined as: Imaginative extrapolation of true natural phenomena, existing now, or likely to exist in the future. Votes: 0

I was born in 1950 and watched science fiction and horror movies on TV and was always really fascinated by them. Votes: 0

Science fiction is when we see into the future of our planet, fantasy is when we believe humanity will survive. Votes: 0

No one ever got into science fiction for the sex or prestige. They got into it because they love it. Votes: 0

I'm a huge fan of science fiction and fantasy - not so much horror because I get a bit scared. Votes: 0

I'm a big fan of science fiction, animation, and things of that nature. Other worlds and that type of stuff. Votes: 0

There are trappings of science fiction which I kind of embrace, but there are also cliches which I run from. Votes: 0

But I think, and hope, that the novels can be understood and enjoyed as science fiction, on their own terms. Votes: 0

Why don't they make more science fiction movies? The answer to any question starting, Why don't they- is almost always, Money. Votes: 0

I am not a science fiction writer. I am a fantasy writer. But the label got put on me and stuck. Votes: 0

Science fiction is the characteristic literary genre of the century. It is the genre that stands in opposition to literary modernism. Votes: 0

My point has always been that, ever since the Industrial Revolution, science fiction has been the most important genre there is. Votes: 0

[Science fiction is] a specialized type of fantasy, in which the prime assumption usually is a new scientific discovery or invention. Votes: 0

Y'know, we're all wasting our time writing this hack science fiction! You wanta make real money, you gotta start a religion! Votes: 0

To me, science fiction is about the sense of mystery, the sense of awe. Not 'shock and awe', just 'awe.' Votes: 0

I think science fiction and sound is a really interesting thing. You might as well think of it as sonic fiction. Votes: 0

I don't think the latest Star Wars pictures have any artistic intentions, but the original picture opened up epic science fiction. Votes: 0

I've always been a fan of science fiction films, and I've never been able to put my particular spin on it. Votes: 0

I love fairytales. I like fantasy a lot, science fiction, I like magic. I like to create magic. I love magic. Votes: 0

I think the idea was to make a horror film that became a science-fiction film with a lot of melodramatic tropes. Votes: 0

I think if I did do something in another genre, it would be science fiction; I'm a big sci fi nerd. Votes: 0

Metaphysics attempts to discover the ultimate nature of reality, and in this sense, the innerspace of science fiction is metaphysical fiction. Votes: 0

Science fiction can be exciting and very gripping, but it doesn't tell us anything about the universe in which we live. Votes: 0

The beauty of literature - also its limit - is that it is inescapably personal, even if you're writing science fiction. Votes: 0

Anyone can write a specification, but if nobody implements it, what is it but a particularly dry form of science fiction. Votes: 0

I sing about UFOs and extraterrestrials, and so I designed a UFO fashion. It includes science-fiction bikinis and Bermuda Triangle shorts. Votes: 0

I'm not a science-fiction writer. I've only written one book that's science fiction, and that's Fahrenheit 451. All the others are fantasy. Votes: 0

I tried to find something real in essentially something thats science fiction or something-for me, anyways-not having an experience like this. Votes: 0

Next time you see someone sleeping, make believe you're in a science fiction movie. And whisper, 'The creature is regenerating itself.' Votes: 0

Most science fiction is about white men who are 25 to 30, who are very smart, who face a physical problem and solve it. Votes: 0

Tasmanian history is a study of human isolation unprecedented except in science fiction - namely, complete isolation from other humans for 10,000 years. Votes: 0

One of the many things that surprised me about 'Wool' is how many of its fans don't consider themselves science fiction readers. Votes: 0

The great mystery is why robots come off so well in science-fiction films when the human characters are often so astoundingly wooden. Votes: 0

I'd love to do a movie where the monster is human, where the issue is not otherworldly, or horror or science fiction. Votes: 0

If you really want you people to innovate, buy a science fiction book, tear off the covers, and tell them it's history. Votes: 0

I have great faith in the future of books - no matter what form they may take - and of science fiction. Votes: 0

My personal feeling about science fiction is that it's always in some way connected to the real world, to our everyday world. Votes: 0

That's what I always liked about science fiction - you can make the world end. Humour is my multiple warhead delivery system. Votes: 0

It's always great when you want scientific fact to get a really good science fiction writer to talk to you about it. Votes: 0

Even if you only want to write science fiction, you should also read mysteries, poetry, mainstream literature, history, biography, philosophy, and science. Votes: 0

You need to read more science fiction. Nobody who reads science fiction comes out with this crap about the end of history Votes: 0

There is only one definition of science fiction that seems to make sense: 'Science fiction is anything published as science fiction.' Votes: 0

Me, I have a science fiction writer's conviction that the damn robot is supposed to speak human, not the other way around. Votes: 0

Millions of students now, in all the schools of America, are reading science fiction and especially, thank God, 'The Martian Chronicles.' Votes: 0

Without the dreamers who write science fiction and other imaginary material we'd still be sitting in caves ... if we weren't already extinct. Votes: 0

Doctor Who' is the most original science-fiction television series ever made. It is also one of the longest-running television shows of all time. Votes: 0

General fiction is pretty much about ways that people get into problems and screw their lives up. Science fiction is about everything else. Votes: 0

Counterfeit Kings is the King Lear of space operas. Science fiction has a fresh, new, no-nonsense voice and his name is Adam Connell. Votes: 0

When I was 7 years old, I plagiarized, word for word, stories from science fiction magazines so my teachers would think I was smart. Votes: 0

The romantic appeal of solar sailing has ensured that its advocates consistently come from the worlds of both science fiction and science fact. Votes: 0

In my early teens, science fiction and fantasy had an almost-total hold over my imagination. Their outcast status was part of their appeal. Votes: 0

My most memorable science fiction experience was 'Star Wars' and seeing R2D2 and C3PO. I fell in love with those robots. Votes: 0

While I'm a big fan of science fiction, especially as rendered in expensive Hollywood blockbusters, it's the real universe that calls to me. Votes: 0

Wrote a science fiction novel about a man who wins an argument with his wife, but it was rejected for being too farfetched. Votes: 0

I think if I'm going to do a science fiction, I'm going to go down a new path that I want to do. Votes: 0

When I was a kid, I was a big science fiction fan, but current horror books were harder to get your hands on. Votes: 0

In terms of stories I would buy for a science fiction magazine, if they take place in the future, that might do it. Votes: 0

My most memorable science fiction experience was Star Wars and seeing R2D2 and C3PO. I fell in love with those robots. Votes: 0

The wages Haiti requires by law belong in the department of science fiction: actual wages on coffee plantations vary from $.07 to $.15 a day Votes: 0

I would like to explore comedy, I want to do more theatre, and I definitely want a future in film. I love science-fiction. Votes: 0

Science fiction is hard to define because it is the literature of change and it changes while you are trying to define it. Votes: 0

All writers have roots they draw from - travel, work, family. My roots are in science and it is fertile ground for fiction. Votes: 0

Science fiction is my way of pushing the imagination onward. It's a way to understand how the world will look in the future. Votes: 0

It's better to read first rate science fiction than second rate science-it's a lot more fun, and no more likely to be wrong. Votes: 0

It is simply science fiction fantasy to say that, if you do not raise the debt ceiling, that everything is going to collapse. Votes: 0

Science fiction is really sociological studies of the future, things that the writer believes are going to happen by putting two and two together. Votes: 0

It's often better to read first-rate science fiction than second-rate science - it's far more stimulating, and perhaps no more likely to be wrong. Votes: 0

Science fiction is like a blender - you can put in any historical experience and take influences from everything you see, read or experience. Votes: 0

Fantasy/science-fiction stories have been around almost as long as each genre, but every hybrid now lives in the shadow of 'Star Wars.' Votes: 0

[Science fiction is] out in the mainstream now. You can tell by the way mainstream literary authors pillage SF while denying they're writing it! Votes: 0

I wasn't a big science-fiction fan growing up. But I loved Jules Verne and Sherlock Holmes. Both came into play on 'The X-Files.' Votes: 0

Only when my 'Punktown'-based stories began seeing print did I demonstrate my proclivity for blurring the borders between horror, science fiction, and other genres. Votes: 0

I read a lot and fell in love with comics and science fiction. I even self-published some of my comics when I was 16 or 17. Votes: 0

I read mostly science-fiction and fantasy when I was a teenager, and I was always drawn to stories where the characters had telepathic powers. Votes: 0

A lot of what the 'Culture' is about is a reaction to all the science fiction I was reading in my very early teens. Votes: 0

I would ask, 'Have you read '1984'? Have you read 'Brave New World'? If so, I'm sorry, but you read science fiction.' Votes: 0

Science fiction is an amazing literature: plot elements that you would think would be completely worn out by now keep changing into surprising new forms. Votes: 0

Science-fiction fans are the most loyal fans in the world. It's true. They'll watch things that you actually should give them their money back for Votes: 0

Science fiction readers probably have the gene for novelty, and seem to enjoy a cascade of invention as much as a writer enjoys providing one. Votes: 0

Historical fiction is actually good preparation for reading SF. Both the historical novelist and the science fiction writer are writing about worlds unlike our own. Votes: 0

I've only written one science-fiction book: 'Fahrenheit 451.' That book is a book based on real facts and my hatred of people who destroy books. Votes: 0

I've always loved science fiction. I think the smartest writers are science fiction writers dealing with major things." – Associated Press interview, 12-7-11 Votes: 0

I love the science-fiction genre because there's always so many endless possibilities! It's a limitless genre and can be fun playing around with otherworldly ideas. Votes: 0

Technology has enabled government to have investigative and situational awareness on a scale and scope that were science fiction when the Stasi shut its doors. Votes: 0

Years of science fiction have produced a mindset that it is human destiny to expand from Earth, to the Moon, to Mars, to the stars. Votes: 0

I have a kind of standard explanation why, which goes like this: Science fiction is one way of making sense out of a senseless world. Votes: 0

Alien' is a great movie. So is 'Close Encounters.' But I'm not the guy who goes out to the science-fiction festival. '2001's good. Votes: 0

Science fiction has always had a dark side. There has been a touch of the irrational and absurd in the genre from the very beginning. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Years of science fiction have produced a mindset that it is human destiny to expand from Earth, to the Moon, to Mars, to the stars. Votes: 0

I'm not well-versed in the science fiction world. I'm hoping that I'll get more opportunities in it because you get to create a new world. Votes: 0

I have a kind of standard explanation why, which goes like this: Science fiction is one way of making sense out of a senseless world. Votes: 0

I grew up watching science fiction with my dad. It was kind of our little secret. It was our bonding time as father and daughter. Votes: 0

Some ideas you have to chew on, then roll them around a lot, play with them before you can turn them into funky science fiction. Votes: 0

I read recipes the same way I read science fiction. I get to the end and say to myself "well, that's not going to happen Votes: 0

You cannot create new science unless you realize where the old science leaves off and new science begins, and science fiction forces us to confront this. Votes: 0

Science fiction is always a vehicle for ideas. It's the form which allows either movies or books to be an exploration of how we should live. Votes: 0

Fiction, maybe art in general, is a tentative, uncertain enterprise; it's not science, it's an exploration, but you never find much in the way of answers. Votes: 0

My history is pretty different from the history of most professors. I was a high school dropout. I dropped out and became a science fiction writer. Votes: 0

I was not into sci-fi, science fiction, at all. I was into some of the old pirate films with Burt Lancaster and stuff. I liked them. Votes: 0

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 guide us. Votes: 0

I would much rather watch a horror film or science fiction than a comedy. I don't know why. I just like them. I find them relaxing. Votes: 0

I like working closely with artists. I think that's very important in fantasy and science fiction - the visual aspect of the worlds and the characters. Votes: 0

What they [critics of Lessing's switch to science fiction] didn't realize was that in science fiction is some of the best social fiction of our time. Votes: 0

I'm frustrated with Hollywood and television and the movies because they see science fiction as an excuse for eye candy, for lots of great special effects. Votes: 0

Good science fiction is intelligent. It asks big questions that are on people's minds. It's not impossible. It has some sort of root in the abstract. Votes: 0

I consider science fiction and fantasy my genre. And I've noticed over the years that there doesn't tend to be a lot of lighthearted, comedic stuff. Votes: 0

Science fiction is not about the freedom of imagination. It's about a free imagination pinched and howling in a vise that other people call real life. Votes: 0

You cannot create new science unless you realise where the old science leaves off and new science begins, and science fiction forces us to confront this. Votes: 0

A science fiction story is a story with a human problem, and a human solution, that would not have happened at all without its scientific content. Votes: 0

I read so much science fiction when I was young. I believe science fiction is the genre for exploration and to learn about possibilities via book. Votes: 0

I'm a sci-fi girl. If I can have anything in life, I'd want tons of great science-fiction movies and stories. It's so progressive, beautiful, and imaginative. Votes: 0

I think one of the reasons I love science fiction so much is that it's - when it's ideally done right, it's a reflection on ourselves. Votes: 0

Everything I had read in the fields of fiction and science led me to a single, dark conclusion. Humans are screwed, and so is our planet. Votes: 0

I've always been a fan of science fiction. My family, we all used to watch 'Star Trek' together, which is kind of a nerdy family activity. Votes: 0

When you grow up in science fiction you grow up in everything! It's the greatest and only field worth growing up in. It's the total field. Votes: 0

Geoff Nelder's ARIA has the right stuff. He makes us ask the most important question in science fiction-the one about the true limits of personal responsibility. Votes: 0

Science and fiction both begin with similar questions: What if? Why? How does it all work? But they focus on different areas of life on earth. Votes: 0

There's a thing with genre movies and science fiction movies that number two is the charmed; two seems to be the best. I loved 'Terminator 2.' Votes: 0

Invented languages have often been created in tandem with entire invented universes, and most conlangers come to their craft by way of fantasy and science fiction. Votes: 0

It may be far in the future, but there's some kind of logical way to get from where we are to where the science fiction is. Votes: 0

God, how that stings! I've spent a lifetime loving science fiction and now I find that you must expect nothing of something that's just science fiction. Votes: 0

Here's a quick rule of thumb: Don't annoy science fiction writers. These are people who destroy entire planets before lunch. Think of what they'll do to you. Votes: 0

Stories are not explanations of the world we live in. Science does that, and math does that. Our obligation as fiction writers is to enhance the mysteries. Votes: 0

To be creative means to connect. It's to abolish the gap between the body, the mind and the soul, between science and art, between fiction and nonfiction. Votes: 0

I feel like science fiction is so much more mainstream now than it has been. And I feel like thats because technology has caught up with us. Votes: 0

Making a living out of acting sounded like science-fiction when I was growing up. I didn't know anyone around me who lived from anything related to art. Votes: 0

I think the type of actor I am, I tend to play strong leading female characters. The shows I've been on happen to be science fiction genre. Votes: 0

Humor is rare in science fiction... there's so little of it that it automatically reminds you of other heroes with that acerbic humor when you find it. Votes: 0

Science fiction is a way that I can go into the abstract, go into the imagination, and audiences are still willing to go along for the ride. Votes: 0

When I write my books, actually, I'm known for very logical rule-based magic systems. I write with one foot in fantasy and one foot in science fiction. Votes: 0

In a science fiction movie, the first act is a little longer than it is in most movies because there is so much world building to do. Votes: 0

In general, I write for ages 12 and up - although I've received emails from readers between the ages of seven and seventy. My books are science fiction. Votes: 0

I feel like science fiction is so much more mainstream now than it has been. And I feel like that's because technology has caught up with us. Votes: 0

I would like to do a science fiction film some day. Star Wars seems really to have destroyed the genre, which at one time offered great musical opportunities. Votes: 0

Because we're watching so many movies and are consumed by so many stories, science fiction lets you do something a bit fresh and that hasn't been seen before. Votes: 0

Let it be understood, in the first place, that a science fiction story must be an exposition of a scientific theme and it must be also a story. Votes: 0

I tend more towards what some people call literary science fiction, but what I mean by that is that it is full of interesting language, experimentation, and ideas. Votes: 0

A lot of the futuristic space stuff seemed to me to be a very cool form of science-fiction, so that was my first real baptism in the genre. Votes: 0

And by the way, I wanted to point out that Kindred is not science fiction. You'll note there's no science in it. It's a kind of grim fantasy. Votes: 0

Stephen Hawking said he spent most of his first couple of years at Cambridge reading science fiction (and I believe that, because his grades weren't all that great). Votes: 0

I'm tired of being considered a lesbian writer, tired of being a science-fiction writer, tired of being a thriller writer. I'm a writer. Period. Story matters to me. Votes: 0

I was a very keen reader of science fiction, and during the time I was going to libraries, it was good, written by people who knew their science. Votes: 0

Science fiction is never about the future, in the same way history is rarely about the past: they're both parable formats for examining or commenting on the present. Votes: 0

I had bohemian parents in Seattle in the last '60s living in a houseboat. My dad wrote science fiction novels and painted big murals and oil paintings. Votes: 0

The box jellyfish takes you into an area of what I'd call science fiction. You feel like you've been dipped in hot burning oil. You burst into flames. Votes: 0

I did one sci-fi movie. I did 'Gattaca.' I liked 'Gattaca' because that was always the kind of science fiction I really dug, the non-action oriented sci-fi. Votes: 0

I don't really consider my work, on the whole, 'fringe' in my own mind; science fiction and fantasy have been pretty solidly in the mainstream for a while. Votes: 0

You can tell the date of an old science fiction novel by every word on the page. Nothing dates harder and faster and more strangely than the future. Votes: 0

I'm not the best audience for that because I'm not a great science-fiction fan. I just never got off on space ships and space costumes, things like that. Votes: 0

the wrongs of society can be more deeply impressed on a large class of readers in the form of fiction than by essays, sermons, or the facts of science. Votes: 0

I love science fiction. There are ways in which this community kept me and my partner alive through some very, very bad years, and I will always acknowledge that. Votes: 0

There's a lot of crap out there. Most of the science fiction films alone are abominations, you know. They're mindless. So you can't learn from those kinds of films. Votes: 0

I don't read 'chick lit,' fantasy or science fiction but I'll give any book a chance if it's lying there and I've got half an hour to kill. Votes: 0

It's ironic: In movies, the most successful films of all time have been sci-fi or fantasy. By far. But a lot of people won't even read science fiction books. Votes: 0

I didn't read comic books, growing up. I was more of a science fiction/fantasy novel guy. I loved reading Edgar Rice Burroughs' 'Tarzan' and that kind of stuff. Votes: 0

History is not going to look kindly on us if we just keep our head in the sand on armed autonomous robotics issue because it sounds too science fiction. Votes: 0

I love science fiction. I always have, ever since I was a kid. I love a lot of science fiction writers. William Gibson is one of my favorite writers. Votes: 0

Stanley Kubrick's '2001' was the door that opened up the possibility of science fiction for me. Everything else up to then was fine, but didn't quite work for me. Votes: 0

If you're writing fantasy or science fiction, it's really hard to do if you don't know a lot, at least in a basic way, about how the real world works. Votes: 0

When I was younger I wanted to be a big movie star who'd get to be funny on talk shows and then I wanted to retire and write science fiction. Votes: 0

'Fringe' is one of my favorite television shows, from its inception. I absolutely love all of the science fiction of it, the mystery of it, and the science in it. Votes: 0

I still tend to read more urban fantasy and romance than science-fiction, but every once in a while, a couple of books will come along and knock my socks off. Votes: 0

Anything that has to do with noir and space, I'm gonna love. When you've got a noir-ish, pulpy detective in a science fiction show, I'm all in, in that regard. Votes: 0

As a boy, my favorite show was 'Superman' and my favorite movie was 'Star Wars' - along with other science fiction shows and movies. And I always wanted to fly. Votes: 0

I hate to tell you this, but you will never actually go to a galaxy far, far away and encounter Darth Vader. That's science fiction; it isn't going to happen. Votes: 0

No one was going to stop me from writing and no one had to really guide me towards science fiction. It was natural, really, that I would take that interest. Votes: 0

Fringe' is one of my favorite television shows, from its inception. I absolutely love all of the science fiction of it, the mystery of it, and the science in it. Votes: 0

I'm not a great science fiction fan myself. I probably feel that way about Westerns. Like I used to play Cowboys and Indians, they can act out Will and the Robot. Votes: 0

As a kid I wanted to write science fiction, and I was never without a book. Later I really got into being a scientist and never thought I'd be writing novels. Votes: 0

I'm a big genre fan. I'm a big science fiction nerd and horror film nerd. I'm obsessed with Pam Grier. I wanted to be her for all of my teenage years. Votes: 0

I used to read science fiction a lot, and I still like science fiction when it is a model of how we really are and to see ourselves from another perspective. Votes: 0

Im not opposed to doing science fiction or comedy, but there has to be respect. I refuse to be the joke, the fat woman joke, in any movie. Ive turned down roles. Votes: 0

I'm not opposed to doing science fiction or comedy, but there has to be respect. I refuse to be the joke, the fat woman joke, in any movie. I've turned down roles. Votes: 0

The one by L. Ron Hubbard...I'm not in favor of his religion by any means, but he wrote a book called Battlefield Earth that was a very fun science fiction book. Votes: 0

And Shanghai is amazing. I'm a fan of science fiction so when you're there in the night with all the lights and all this modernity, it's like a set in a movie. Votes: 0

I get offered a lot of science fiction work and there is a new project in the pipeline called Master Race, set in World War II, but that's a little way off yet. Votes: 0

I'm not so interested any more in how a great deal of science fiction goes. It goes into things like Star Wars and Star Trek which all go excellent in their own way. Votes: 0

I get offered a lot of science fiction work and there is a new project in the pipeline called Master Race, set in World War II, but thats a little way off yet. Votes: 0