I'm not too fond of the hard work and the constant battle with self-doubt that goes on when I write, but I figure that's part of the territory. Robert Sheckley battleconstantdoubt Change image and share on social
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'm quite influenced in this by one of my heroes, Montaigne, who thought a man's real task was to render as honest an account of himself as he could. Robert Sheckley accountherohonest 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
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
As far as the mechanics go, working with other people on received ideas was for me a very interesting technical problem. I can't say that any of my collaborations engaged my heart, but they engaged the craftsman in me. Robert Sheckley collaborationcraftsmanengage 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
