Rick Yancey Quotes

Rick Yancey — American Novelist

Richard "Rick" Yancey is an American writer author who has gained acclaim for his works of suspense, fantasy, and science fiction aimed at young adults... (wikipedia)

Human beings are remarkably resilient. When you think about it, our species has been teetering upon the edge of the existential cliff since Hiroshima. In short, we endure.

'The 5th Wave' is sci-fi, but I tried very hard to ground the story in very human terms and in those universal themes that transcend genre. How do we define ourselves? What, exactly, does it mean to be human? What remains after everything we trust, everything we believe in and rely upon, has been stripped away?

Sci-Fi is the genre that explored both possibilities: the end of our existential crisis and the end of our existence. My novel, 'The 5th Wave,' explores the latter scenario, because, frankly, I believe it represents the likeliest outcome of an extraterrestrial encounter. In short, if they're out there, we better hope they never find us.

One of the joys of a really good book is that you're so into the world of the book, you forget what you're looking at is words on a page.

When civilizations collide, it usually isn't the more primitive one that prevails.