"I don't think humanity just replays history, but we are the same people our ancestors were, and our descendants are going to face a lot of the same situations we do. It's instructive to imagine how they would react, with different technologies on different worlds. That's why I write science fiction -- even though the term 'science fiction' excites disdain in certain persons."

-- Kage Baker

#Writing Quotes #Technology Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“...compelling outdoor imagery always combines some kind of personal connection to nature and skillful technique. The former seems to be a form of grace, and the latter an act of the will.”
“A little magic can take you a long way.”

Source : Roald Dahl (2007). “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”, p.161, Penguin
“"You ask me how I know he lives?" asks the revival chorus. "He lives within my heart." Exactly! A figment.”
“The reason doctors are so dangerous is that they believe in what they are doing.”
“Love resolves all contradictions. Without love, man cannot make sense of his existence.”
“It's meant to be seen rolling so it should be big and readable. Wildstyles on trains didn't make much sense to me when I first started and they still don't today.”
“What did I know, what did I know of love's austere and lonely offices?”

Source : "ThoseWinter Sundays" l. 10 (1962)
“I alienated the automotive industry by saying that cars should be lightweight and compact.”

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