Theodore Sturgeon quotes - page 4

The idiot heard the sounds, but they had no meaning for him. (Theodore Sturgeon)
It should consist of short, sharply focused sentences, each of which is a whole scene in itself. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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Science fiction, outside of poetry, is the only literary field which has no limits, no parameters whatsoever. You can go not only into the future, but into that wonderful place called "other", which is simply another universe, another planet, another species. View quote
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Fear is a survival instinct; fear in its way is a comfort for it means that somewhere hope is alive. View quote
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No man can rob successfully over a period of years without pleasing the people he robs. View quote
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I repeat Sturgeon's Revelation, which was wrung out of me after twenty years of wearying defense of science fiction against attacks of people who used the worst examples of the field for ammunition, and whose conclusion was that ninety percent of it is crud. The Revelation: Ninety percent of everything is crud. Corollary 1: The existence of immense quantities of trash in science fiction is admitted and it is regrettable; but it is no more unnatural than the existence of trash anywhere. Corollary 2: The best science fiction is as good as the best fiction in any field. View quote
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Oh well. Chacun à son goût, as they say, which means-” And she stopped me. "Please. Don't translate. It couldn't be phrased as well in English.” I had been about to say "-which means Jack's son has the gout. View quote
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