I knew I was doing something right because it was selling so I didn't want to interfere with it. Robert Sheckley interfereknowsell Change image and share on social
I have never been a critic of science fiction as a whole. Robert Sheckley criticfictionscience Change image and share on social
The absurdist stuff wasn't terribly popular at the time I was doing it. Robert Sheckley absurdistpopularstuff Change image and share on social
I don't much like to look back with the idea that I was doing it wrong then or I'm doing it wrong now. Robert Sheckley backideawrong Change image and share on social
Ethical and questions of philosophy interest me a great deal. Robert Sheckley dealethicalgreat Change image and share on social
I do think that short story writing is often a matter of luck. Robert Sheckley luckmattershort Change image and share on social
A lot of us don't want to be quite that serious about world problems. Our life is there to enjoy, not to be an eternal dissident, eternally unhappy with how things are and with the state of mankind. Robert Sheckley dissidentenjoyeternal Change image and share on social
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. Robert Sheckley dealexcellentfiction Change image and share on social
It takes me a long time to get with a landscape. It took me 20 years before I wrote anything about Ibiza, and I haven't written about Oregon yet, although I've been there 20 years - possibly I'm almost due. Robert Sheckley duehaveibiza share on social
So I wrote what I hoped would be science fiction, I was not at all sure if what I wrote would be acceptable even. But I don't say that I consciously wrote with humour. Humour is a part of you that comes out. Robert Sheckley acceptableconsciouslyfiction share on social