Damon Knight

“Science fiction is what we point to when we say it.”

“There are 36 ways to tell this story. And all of them are disgusting.”

“One of the great rewards of a writer's life is that it lets you read all the books you want to without feeling guilty.”

“By focusing on the interior of a speaker's larynx and using infrared, he was able to convert the visible vibrations of the vocal cords into sound of fair quality, but that did not satisfy him. He worked for a while on vibrations picked up from panes of glass in windows and on framed pictures, and he experimented briefly with the diaphragms in speaker systems, intercoms and telephones. He kept on into October without stopping, and finally achieved a device that would give tinny but recognizable sound from any vibrating surface - a wall, a floor, even the speaker's own cheek or forehead.”

“You may stifle your creativity by learning too much about processes that should be spontaneous and automatic.”

“As his talent expands, some of his stories become pointed social commentary; some are surprisingly effective religious tracts, disguised as science fiction. Others still are nostalgic vignettes, but under it all is still Bradbury, the poet of 20th-century neurosis.”