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" Science fiction is the WikiLeaks of science, getting word to the public about what cutting-edge research really means. "

Robert J. Sawyer

Science Fiction

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" I think there's always been, to some degree, a misunderstanding about what science fiction is all about, in that it has been judged by the general public as being literature of prediction, and it isn't. "

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" I really strived to give equal weight to the two halves of my genre's name: science and fiction. "

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" A writer needs to write, period. He or she can't wait for the muse, shouldn't need peace and quiet, and isn't entitled to perfect conditions or the perfect spot. "

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" Science fiction is about extrapolation, looking back through history, spotting a trend, and predicting where it will go. "

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" Everything is cross-platform now. That's part of the reality that we live in - a multifaceted, multimedia world - and I'm delighted to be a part of that. "

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" I've long said that if Canada has a role on the world stage, it's principally as a role model, a demonstration that people of all types can get together and live in peace and harmony, which is something we really do most of the time here. "

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" An agnostic is someone who believes the nature of the Divine is unknowable... and in that sense, I'm willing to subscribe to being an agnostic. "

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" Science fiction should not be dismissed as escapism. It is a profound vehicle for talking about social and political issues. "

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" We're wired somehow to want to be part of something bigger. And we quest to understand what our role is. "

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" I think most people are indifferent in their evaluation of what is good or bad. "

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" A short story is the shortest distance between two points; a novel is the scenic route. "

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" I'm a rationalist. And I can see no evidence for a benevolent and interventionist creator. "

Robert J. Sawyer

" Hard science fiction, which is what I write, often is rightly criticized for having either negligible or unbelievable characterization, but the science I've actually studied most post-secondarily is psychology, and characterization is the art of dramatizing psychological principles. "

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" By serializing two novels in 'Analog,' the world's No. 1, best-selling science fiction magazine, I've had 200,000 words of fiction and three cover stories in that magazine. Quite an enviable record. "

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" One gets a bit picky after having the success of something like 'FlashForward!' "

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" I'm much more interested in writing about the things that engage and enrage me as an adult rather than in wallowing in childhood sorrows. "

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" There were four major 20th-century science fiction writers: Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein and Ray Bradbury. Of those four, the first three were all published principally in science-fiction magazines. They were preaching to the converted. "

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Science Fiction

" When I first started, my novels were set in the far future. "

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" A lot of people forget that the origin of science fiction in the U.S. was in the post-First World War period when there was a real interest to get people into technical careers. "

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" Real people are complex, contradictory, and have their own motivations - they can't just be mouthpieces for the writers' point of view. "

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" The heart and soul of good writing is research; you should write not what you know but what you can find out about. "

Robert J. Sawyer

" The great thing about science fiction is that it transcends national boundaries. "

Robert J. Sawyer

Science Fiction

" Fiction is all about vicarious experiences and getting into other people's heads in a way that no other art form lets you. "

Robert J. Sawyer

" One of the things that science fiction gets to do is thought experiments about the human condition that would be impractical or unethical to conduct in real life. "

Robert J. Sawyer

" The general public still thinks that science fiction has nothing to do with their day-to-day lives. "

Robert J. Sawyer

" I'm a member of the Writers Guild of America and the Writers Guild of Canada. "

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" I'm a fiction writer, and fiction is telling the lives of unreal people. But the only way you can learn to do that well is by really understanding the lives of real people. "

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" Psychopathy might lurk behind the mask of sanity. "

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" I frankly couldn't imagine being a series mystery-fiction writer, churning out book after book about the same viewpoint character. "

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" When you're changing centuries, people get curious about the future. "

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