John Sladek Quotes

John Sladek — American Author born on December 15, 1937, died on March 10, 2000

John Thomas Sladek was an American science fiction author, known for his satirical and surreal novels... (wikipedia)

I have a kind of standard explanation why, which goes like this: Science fiction is one way of making sense out of a senseless world.

See, I have no journalism in my background, so I wasn't practised at research or writing non-fiction, nor at handling the truth in a journalistic way. Journalists know when to call a halt and write something, but I kept on looking for answers.

Most publishers seem very reluctant to publish short story collections at all; they bring them out in paperback, often disguised as novels.

We didn't have a phone when I was a kid, and I was too shy to smash any public phones, and our town didn't have a pool hall either, so I had to hang out at the public library - and anyway, I told myself stories.

People have laughed at all great inventors and discoverers.

John Sladek Quotes

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