Anybody can do anything he wants to if he wants to do it badly enough. Theodore Sturgeon badly Change image and share on social
You don't sit up in a cave and write the Great American Novel and know it is utterly superb, and then throw it page by page into the fire. You just don't do that. You send it out. You have to send it out. Theodore Sturgeon americancavefire share on social
I wrote the very first stories in science fiction which dealt with homosexuality, The World Well Lost and Affair With a Green Monkey. Theodore Sturgeon affairdealfiction Change image and share on social
In science fiction, you can also test out your own realities. Theodore Sturgeon fictionrealityscience 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
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
When you combine something to say with the skill to say it properly, then you've got a good writer. Theodore Sturgeon combinegoodhave 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 find to my mixed astonishment that I do dream, but I didn't know it. Theodore Sturgeon astonishmentdreamfind Change image and 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
