Robert J. Sawyer Quotes

Hard science fiction, which is what I write, often is rightly criticized for having either negligible or unbelievable characterization, but the science I've actually studied most post-secondarily is psychology, and characterization is the art of dramatizing psychological principles.

Robert J. Sawyer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: canadian
  • Birth: April 29, 1960

Topics

ScienceArtPrinciplesWriteHard

Self-esteem is something I still battle. People look at me and say, 'You've got fame. You've got admiration. You've done this; you've done that.' As far as I'm concerned, I haven't done anything. I've just fulfilled a dream of competing.

Jerry West

PeopleMeBattleYouLookDream

Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things.

Jesse Jackson

LeadershipChangeCourageTimeDoes

I hate when actors call stuff they're in their 'work.'

Jeremy Sisto

WorkHateCallStuff

All the old school Young Adult novels inspired me. I grew up reading R.L. Stine, Christopher Pike, Richie Cusick, and so on. I loved how you never really knew who the 'bad guys' were in their works, and I wanted to capture that feeling with 'Don't Look Back.'

Jennifer Armentrout

SchoolMeReadingLovedYouLook

I think Clinton, after getting into office and into Washington, was shocked at being bludgeoned. So he spent time trying to be all things to all people - one way guaranteed not to be successful or respected in a lion's den. You can't just play around with all those big cats - you've got to take somebody on.

Maya Angelou

TimeCatsLionPeopleThinkYou

I am very unhappy about reports that I was seeking asylum in Manila.

Sukarno

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If my mama and daddy would've stayed together, one of them would've been dead, and the other would have been locked up for it.

Trick Daddy

TogetherDeadUpMamaLocked Up

I myself had to grow a longer beard and Afghan clothes. I was in danger of being kidnapped by smugglers, though I didn't know it at the time.

Mohsen Makhmalbaf

TimeMyselfBeardGrowClothesKnow

Most Kikuyu marriages were arranged on the basis of what is described by anthropologists as the bride price.

Louis Leakey

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When you know people are really at peace with who they are and what they do, they collaborate and want to help you to improve.

Javier Bardem

PeacePeopleHelpYouKnowWant

Honesty is the best policy; the only way out is deeper in: a candid confrontation with existence is dizzying, liberating.

David Shields

HonestyBestCandidWayExistence

There came a time I gave up when I was overseas. No matter how many times I tried working on my visa, I wasn't able to. When I went back to the Philippines, I still wanted to return to Canada despite the difficulties I encountered.

Coco Martin

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