John Thomas Sladek quotes

I have a kind of standard explanation why, which goes like this: Science fiction is one way of making sense out of a senseless world. (John Thomas Sladek)

Most publishers seem very reluctant to publish short story collections at all; they bring them out in paperback, often disguised as novels.

John Thomas Sladek

People have laughed at all great inventors and discoverers.

John Thomas Sladek

Whatever I'm reading at the moment seems to influence whatever I'm writing.

John Thomas Sladek

The future, according to some scientists, will be exactly like the past, only far more expensive.

John Thomas Sladek

SF has at least the advantage of not depending on preconceptions.

John Thomas Sladek

We didn't have a phone when I was a kid, and I was too shy to smash any public phones, and our town didn't have a pool hall either, so I had to hang out at the public library - and anyway, I told myself stories.

John Thomas Sladek

See, I have no journalism in my background, so I wasn't practised at research or writing non-fiction, nor at handling the truth in a journalistic way. Journalists know when to call a halt and write something, but I kept on looking for answers.

John Thomas Sladek

An artist's life is supposed to lead toward his masterpiece, not away from it.

John Thomas Sladek

Anything can happen in SF. And the fact that nothing ever does happen in SF is only due to the poverty of our imaginations, we who write it or edit it or read it. But SF can in principle deal with anything.

John Thomas Sladek

This is mainly because I spend a lot of time writing and so don't have much time to read; I hate to waste that time reading what may turn out to be junk food for the mind, when there's so much real writing to be read. (John Thomas Sladek)

Today's robots are very primitive, capable of understanding only a few simple instructions such as 'go left', 'go right', and 'build car'.

John Thomas Sladek

I think these days an SF connection would be a boost to other books; I'm sure more people have read my two little detective puzzles because of the SF connection.

John Thomas Sladek

In most conventional novels, God is not allowed to be nuts. Nor are nuts allowed to be God.

John Thomas Sladek

I usually like whatever I've recently finished best.

John Thomas Sladek

I found some time ago that I have to be careful, while working on a novel, what I read.

John Thomas Sladek

I started writing, or rather, thinking, stories as a child, and at that time the reason was very clear.

John Thomas Sladek

The problem and privilege we all have is being alive in this century and able to read this language. It makes any list meaningless except the list of an illiterate.

John Thomas Sladek

John Thomas Sladek

Occupation: American Author
Born: December 15, 1937
Died: March 10, 2000
Quotes count: 18

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