Robert Sheckley Quotes

Robert Sheckley — American Author born on July 16, 1928, died on December 09, 2005

Robert Sheckley was an American writer. First published in the science fiction magazines of the 1950s, his numerous quick-witted stories and novels were famously unpredictable, absurdist, and broadly comical... (wikipedia)

I don't finish every story, but I probably write and send out three out of five of them.

I'm quite influenced in this by one of my heroes, Montaigne, who thought a man's real task was to render as honest an account of himself as he could.

As far as the mechanics go, working with other people on received ideas was for me a very interesting technical problem. I can't say that any of my collaborations engaged my heart, but they engaged the craftsman in me.

A lot of us don't want to be quite that serious about world problems. Our life is there to enjoy, not to be an eternal dissident, eternally unhappy with how things are and with the state of mankind.

Once you find you can't walk as far and as fast as you were able, life becomes more complicated.

Robert Sheckley Quotes

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