I quit my job, and went ashore to become a writer. Theodore Sturgeon ashorejobquit 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
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
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
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
When I can't do something, this always impels me to study it. Theodore Sturgeon impelstudy Change image and 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
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 learned how to live on five and sometimes ten dollars a week. Theodore Sturgeon dollarlearnlive 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
