When I can't do something, this always impels me to study it. Theodore Sturgeon impelstudy Change image and share on social
Inner space is so much more interesting, because outer space is so empty. Theodore Sturgeon emptyinterestouter 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
As far as I'm concerned, I didn't dream - ever. Theodore Sturgeon concerndream 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
The first writing I did was short short stories for a newspaper syndicate for which I was paid five dollars a piece on publication. Theodore Sturgeon dollarnewspaperpay Change image and share on social
Anybody can do anything he wants to if he wants to do it badly enough. Theodore Sturgeon badly Change image and share on social
Some major writers have a huge impact, like Ayn Rand, who to my mind is a lousy fiction writer because her writing has no compassion and virtually no humor. She has a philosophical and economical message that she is passing off as fiction, but it really isn't fiction at all. Theodore Sturgeon ayncompassioneconomical share on social
The story of my very first sale is the fact that I dreamed up a foolproof paper to cheat an insurance company out of several hundred thousand dollars. Theodore Sturgeon cheatcompanydollar Change image and share on social
For years, I thought I simply didn't dream. I felt left out. Everybody else had a thing I didn't have. Theodore Sturgeon dreamfeltleave Change image and share on social
