I feel angry that I can't be hypnotized. I'm not putting it down, and I'm not saying that it doesn't exist. I have talked to a great many people who are very good at it, but so far nobody has ever been able to hypnotize me. Theodore Sturgeon angryexistfeel share on social
It should consist of short, sharply focused sentences, each of which is a whole scene in itself. Theodore Sturgeon consistfocusscene Change image and share on social
Science fiction, outside of poetry, is the only literary field which has no limits, no parameters whatsoever. Theodore Sturgeon fictionfieldlimit Change image and share on social
Here's the point to be made - there are no synonyms. There are no two words that mean exactly the same thing. Theodore Sturgeon makepointsynonym Change image and share on social
There are a lot of people who write very intensely about things they do not and cannot do. Theodore Sturgeon intenselylotpeople Change image and share on social
I quit my job, and went ashore to become a writer. Theodore Sturgeon ashorejobquit Change image and share on social
There are people who have tremendously important things to say, but they say it so poorly that nobody would ever want to read it. Theodore Sturgeon importantpeoplepoorly Change image and share on social
I sent The World Well Lost to one editor who rejected it on sight, and then wrote a letter to every other editor in the field warning them against the story, and urging them to reject it on sight without reading it. Theodore Sturgeon editorfieldletter share on social
Create a world in which these things do or do not exist, or in which they are extended in some way. Test reality against this fiction. The reader will recognize the world that you're talking about, even though it may be another one altogether. Theodore Sturgeon altogethercreateexist share on social
There was so much that you could do, instead of looking for things that you couldn't do. Theodore Sturgeon thing Change image and share on social
