Brian Greene Quotes

One of the nice things about science fiction is that it lets us carry out thought experiments.

I like sci-fi that is not entirely impossible.

When I began writing science fiction in the middle '60s, it seemed very easy to find ideas that took decades to percolate into the cultural consciousness; now the lead time seems more like eighteen months.

Science fiction is my way of pushing the imagination onward. It's a way to understand how the world will look in the future.

Science fiction readers probably have the gene for novelty, and seem to enjoy a cascade of invention as much as a writer enjoys providing one.

Print science fiction writers often do consulting for government bodies.

Science fiction's power, if it has any, is that it gives us reasonable extrapolations, not wild and woolly stuff.

I wasn't an avid watcher of the original 'Star Trek.' But they'd pull out this thing to communicate without wires and you thought, 'Yeah, right.' Now... we're doing that with cellphones. So I think our minds are more open to the unimaginable.

I think the best SF writers are very aware of what we, in the scientific community, are doing, thinking, and discovering.

At some point, every science fiction and fantasy story must challenge the reader's experience and learning. That's much of the reason why the genre is so open to experimentation and innovation that other genres reject--strangeness is our bread and butter. Spread it thick or slice it thin, it's still our staff of life.

Anything you dream is fiction, and anything you accomplish is science, the whole history of mankind is nothing but science fiction.

My first obligation is to entertain but as far as science fiction goes, it's much easier to comment on today from another time because people then aren't focused on 'did you get the details right?' It's sort of a Trojan horse approach to ideas because it's wrapped in the future, it's wrapped in action, thriller.

I read a fair amount [of science fiction], and you know it was certainly inspirational. I have to pinch myself to think that we might be able to make some of [what I've read in science fiction books] come true.

Scientists are embarrassed by science fiction; they want to distance themselves as much as possible. ... I think there's nothing to be ashamed of [and that] we should take science fiction seriously.

My love of science fiction comes from the idea of being able to explore ideas and concepts to an either logical or illogical extreme.

I'm particularly fond of sci-fi and fantasy genres.

Most science fiction is based on our knowledge now and uses that to project the future.

I am a bit of a 'dreamer,' so I love fantasizing about utopian futures, and I also love the way you can explore big concepts in sci fi.

Science fiction writers create all sorts of futures - that comes with the job. But it's not the type that matters - hopeful or dark - it's the variety we see as readers. It's nurturing the imaginations of those who will go on to create the world around us.

I love writing romance, along with science fiction and fantasy - and my books usually meld all three to some degree.

The reality is that much of the stuff you see in film, television, comics, and children's cartoons got its start inside the inspired, disruptive halls of science-fiction and fantasy literature.

Science fiction is what we point to when we say it.

I have a long love of fantasy and science-fiction.

We range widely, we readers of fiction, but I think we all need a home. Mine is science fiction. It's my home shelf, my homeland, my home planet, my essential genre.

I would love to take another stab at really smart, speculative sci-fi - my first was a bit of a stumble. I look forward to getting another chance.