I spend a lot of time thinking, if not daydreaming. People think of me as a genre writer, and a genre writer is supposed to be prolific. Since that's how people perceive me, they have to say I'm prolific. But I don't find that either complimentary or accurate. Samuel R. Delany accuratecomplimentarydaydream share on social
However much, as readers, we lose ourselves in a novel or story, fiction itself is an experience on the order of memory -not on the order of actual occurrence. Samuel R. Delany actualexperiencefiction Change image and share on social
I want to read about a character doing something fairly quiet where I can picture who the character is, and what their attitude towards the world is - which I'm a lot more interested in than what they do under the pressure of a gunfight. Samuel R. Delany attitudecharacterfairly share on social
'Dhalgren' is the kind of book in which you can look for pretty much anything you want. I tried to put as much into it as I could at the time. Samuel R. Delany bookdhalgrenkind Change image and share on social
From 1968 on, I was pretty much the black, gay SF writer. Samuel R. Delany blackgaypretty Change image and share on social
The reason for privacy is not so that people will not know you go to the bathroom. It's to allow certain things to go on that you don't want other people to know about, when all is said and done. But the things I don't want other people to know about are not my sex life. Samuel R. Delany bathroomlifepeople share on social
My family trained me to be polite to people I had just met, and that included strangers. You speak when you're spoken to. You look people in the eye when they address you and when you address them back. Samuel R. Delany addressbackeye share on social
I think of myself as a very lazy writer, though other people see it differently. Samuel R. Delany differentlylazypeople Change image and share on social
How we treat our invalids - our mad, our physically or mentally compromised family members - does tell you something about who we are politically, historically, culturally. Samuel R. Delany compromiseculturallyfamily Change image and share on social
All too often, when creative people pick out someone else's creative work as an inspiration, what they end up with is very, very far from the original. Samuel R. Delany creativeendinspiration Change image and share on social
