Robert J. Sawyer Quotes

Bradbury was the one guy who was published in places like the 'Saturday Evening Post.' He was the guy who brought science fiction to the masses. If he hadn't existed, science fiction would have been a well-kept secret in literature instead of a widely consumed phenomenon.

Robert J. Sawyer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ScienceEveningSaturdayLiterature

I have to be careful of what TV shows I choose, particularly ones that have commercials in them, because it's going to be a different kind of television show.

John Hawkes

ChooseTelevisionKindBe Careful

I'm a perfectionist - I could rewrite forever.

Jenna Bush

ForeverPerfectionistRewriteCould

My advice is never let a publicist call you a 'visionary.' I've hung out with the visionaries at the famed Xerox Palo Alto Research Center. I've been a successful Silicon Valley entrepreneur. I wouldn't touch 'visionary' with a 10-foot pole.

Robert Metcalfe

ResearchAdviceYouEntrepreneurOut

Why don't I earn very much? I don't know; you'd have to ask my agent. Maybe I'm just not very bright!

Mauro Icardi

YouKnowWhyBrightAskEarn

Anuj Bahari has always been a really good literary agent for me. What a good agent does is that he manages many of your business aspects so you can keep your time free for writing.

Amish Tripathi

GoodBusinessTimeMeWritingFree

I had the chance to visit all 56 counties in Montana in my pickup. You can put Washington, D.C., in one corner of our state and put Chicago in the other corner, and that's the size of my congressional district.

Steve Daines

ChanceYouChicagoWashingtonSize

Be bold enough to find the one thing that you are passionate about. It might not be what you were trained to do. But be bold enough to do the one thing. Nobody needs to dig it but you.

Chris Gardner

EnoughYouFindBoldNobodyDig

Sometimes when you tell a story, you reach a little bit too far just to make the story a better one.

Christopher Buckley

StoryBetterReachYouSometimes

I think any great culture is born out of transparent, authentic communication. You almost can't overcommunicate. You can try, and you might think, 'Oh, do I really have to say this again?' And the answer is yes.

Brad Garlinghouse

CommunicationGreatCultureThink

I wanted to be an actor, and when that day happened that was sort of like the end. Now let it take me.

Bryan Brown

DayMeEndNowActorTake

People have black skin, people have brown skin. I have both.

Winnie Harlow

PeopleBlackSkinBrownBoth

The land of a god corresponds with the land of his worshipers.

William Robertson Smith

GodLandHis

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