David Hewlett Quotes

Science fiction is very healthy in its form.

I read so much science fiction when I was young. I believe science fiction is the genre for exploration and to learn about possibilities via book.

Science fiction is not formulaic.

Science fiction is becoming more of a diverse kind of genre.

I've always been a fan of science fiction.

Science fiction, to me, has not only things that wouldn't happen, but other planets.

I love the science-fiction genre because there's always so many endless possibilities! It's a limitless genre and can be fun playing around with otherworldly ideas.

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

I was always attracted to science fiction movies.

Science fiction is like a blender - you can put in any historical experience and take influences from everything you see, read or experience.

Science fiction is an extension of science.

Science fiction is something I never understood.

Science fiction has never been about the future; it's always been about the present day whether it's Victorian England that Wells was writing about or the post-9/11 era that I'm writing about.

I love the 'what if' nature of sci-fi.

I was really interested in doing a really science fiction-based story because it's something I feel like I hadn't done yet.

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

Science is my territory, but science fiction is the landscape of my dreams.

[Science fiction is] a mode of romance with a strong inherent tendency to myth.

Science fiction can be exciting and very gripping, but it doesn't tell us anything about the universe in which we live.

Modern science fiction is the only form of literature that consistently considers the nature of the changes that face us.

I believe that science fiction is as profound as you want it to be or it can be very simple entertainment, and I'm all for very simple entertainment. Every now and then we all need to come home, veg-out, watch something and not think too deeply about it. It's what you want it to be. We tend to steer clear of being pedantic; it's entertainment first, otherwise we'd be on a lecture circuit.

I have always loved science fiction. One of my favorite shows is 'Star Trek.' I like the trips, where it drops my mind off, because they give you a premise and all of a sudden, you say, 'Oh!' and I'm fascinated by it.

My first encounter with science fiction was reading the work of H.G. Wells when I was nine or ten, and I don't believe 'The War of the Worlds' or 'The Time Machine' have ever been bettered. Plus, I have always had a liking for Victorian and Edwardian clothes and contraptions, which tends to color the worlds I dream up.

I like sci-fi.

Science fiction has always had a dark side. There has been a touch of the irrational and absurd in the genre from the very beginning.