People ask me how I do research for my science fiction. The answer is, I never do any research. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes answer fiction people
You look at the world around you, and you take it apart into all its components. Then you take some of those components, throw them away, and plug in different ones, start it up and see what happens. Frederik Pohl componentplugstart Change image and share on social
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). Frederik Pohl cambridgecouplefiction Change image and share on social
My first thought was always a cigarette. It still is, but I haven't cheated. Frederik Pohl cheatcigarettethink Change image and share on social
To ask questions can become the laziest and wobbliest occupation of a mind, but when you must yourself answer the problem that you have posed, you will meditate your question with care and frame it with precision. James Stephens answercareframe share on social
I do read a lot, and I think in recent years the ratio between the amount of non-fiction and fiction has tipped quite considerably. I did read fiction as a teenager as well, mostly because I was forced to read fiction, of course, to go through high school. Daniel Tammet amountconsiderablyfiction share on social