Robert J. Sawyer Professions : Writer Born : April 29, 1960 Browse All Authors Top 47 quotes by Robert J. Sawyer I'm often characterized as an optimistic writer, and certainly my 'Neanderthal Parallax' and 'WWW' trilogies shade toward the utopian. I like to think that's not simple naivete, but rather a reasonable approach. Robert J. Sawyer like think shade simple I really strived to give equal weight to the two halves of my genre's name: science and fiction. Robert J. Sawyer name equal two science Hard science fiction, which is what I write, often is rightly criticized for having either negligible or unbelievable characterization, but the science I've actually studied most post-secondarily is psychology, and characterization is the art of dramatizing psychological principles. Robert J. Sawyer hard principles science art Real people are complex, contradictory, and have their own motivations - they can't just be mouthpieces for the writers' point of view. Robert J. Sawyer view own real people If you look at the United States, most of the country is pretty much uninhabited. Robert J. Sawyer pretty look you country The traditional route to success in science fiction is by making a name for yourself in short fiction, so people who read science fiction magazines will recognize your byline on a novel. Robert J. Sawyer yourself success science people By serializing two novels in 'Analog,' the world's No. 1, best-selling science fiction magazine, I've had 200,000 words of fiction and three cover stories in that magazine. Quite an enviable record. Robert J. Sawyer words three science world Similar Authors Ihab Hassan writer Ingmar Bergman writer Isabella Bird writer Ivan E. Coyote writer Al Feldstein writer Bert Sugar writer All Authors