Martha Wells Quotes

Godzilla. The big, green G-man has had a profound influence on my creative endeavors and imagination since I was blueberry-avoiding kid.

I do what I do because of Walt Disney. Goofy. Mickey Mouse. I never forgot how their films entertained me.

It's great to be able to work on some science fiction. I love the genre.

'Jurassic Park' and 'Star Wars' shoved me into loving sci-fi and film in general when I was a barely coherent 3-year-old. And 'Lord of the Rings' took me to another planet entirely. Before that series, I knew I loved writing, but after, I knew that I had to write.

When I was very young, even before I went to what you call elementary school, I used to read and watch Japanese comic books and anime all the time. These were the seeds of my future.

The fun of writing established characters is that there's a rich mythology to draw from - you get to play with toys you loved as a kid.

I always wanted to tell stories. From the time I had 20 cents or a quarter in my pocket, I could peddle my old Rambler 500 down to the corner store and buy comic books.

I still think most writers are just kids who refuse to grow up. We're still playing imaginary games, with our imaginary friends.

Writing monsters is fun, and it's easy. When I want one, I just reach under the bed and pull it out, kicking and screaming.

I loved fantasy role play.

When I'm writing my blog, I think of myself at 13 years old, back in St. Louis, daydreaming about Hollywood.

Science fiction is a way that I can go into the abstract, go into the imagination, and audiences are still willing to go along for the ride.

I love Tinkle, it's really the most fun I've had in years.

When I was a kid, we had to rely on our imaginations for entertainment.

I have always written. I was one of those kids who would always fill exercise books with girls and telepathic ponies.

Since I was eight years old. I didn't have a TV, so comic books were definitely my television, my soap operas, and all that.

I definitely think my work comes from things that I liked as a kid, and things I still like now. Monsters and magic and museums and movies, a lot of things that start with 'M' for some reason.

When Ellen Datlow was running the fiction at 'Omni' in the late '80s and into the '90s, I had a subscription. It was one of two subscriptions I'd saved for, the other being 'Spider-Man.' And they each opened my mind and my heart in wonderful ways.

It's the imagination that is involved in sci-fi, and fantasy is what draws me to it. Stories, everything.

I love the magic of movies and television, and I always have since I was kid.

One of the things I would like to do is make up stories that I would have enjoyed when I was a kid. So, if I'm thinking about an audience, it's usually a younger version of myself.

Storybooks were always a big part of my imagination, and my childhood and adolescence.

'Star Wars' was everything for me. As a little kid, you get to see the movies only once or twice, but playing with the toys in your backyard, that's where you're first telling stories in your head.

Fantasy is fantasy. It's fiction. It's not meant to be a textbook. I don't believe in letting research overwhelm the fiction. That's a danger of science fiction in particular, as opposed to fantasy. A lot of writers forget that what they're doing is supposed to be art.

'Doctor Who' is part of my science fictional DNA. You could take it out of me, and I'd probably still have ended up being a writer, but almost certainly not the same one.