I do think that short story writing is often a matter of luck. Robert Sheckley More Quotes by Robert Sheckley More Quotes From Robert Sheckley 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. Robert Sheckley unhappywantworld Action isn’t my forte. I’m an expert on contemplation and mild regret. Robert Sheckley regretexpertsaction I've always thought of absurdism as a French fad I'd like to belong to. Robert Sheckley fads Once you find you can't walk as far and as fast as you were able, life becomes more complicated. Robert Sheckley hikingablejourney Wherever you go in the galaxy, you can find a food business, a house-building business, a war business, a peace business, a governing business, and so forth. And, of course, a God business, which is called 'religion,' and which is a particularly reprehensible line of endeavor. Robert Sheckley lineshousewar It is a truism throughout the civilized galaxy that when you go to the police, your troubles really begin. Robert Sheckley truismpolicetrouble I sell well now in Russia. I remember one signing in Russia some years ago where the bookstore had two strongmen to hold the crowds back. Robert Sheckley russiatwoyears I would like to do a novel where some curse turns that into how the world really is - a blessing or a curse, I don't know which. Robert Sheckley curseblessingworld I think it can be quite impossible to think well of yourself, so I prefer not to think about that too much. But I am very pleased, obviously. Robert Sheckley too-muchimpossiblethinking I'm not too fond of the hard work and the constant battle with self-doubt that goes on when I write, but I figure that's part of the territory. Robert Sheckley hard-workselfwriting I don't finish every story, but I probably write and send out three out of five of them. Robert Sheckley threestorieswriting 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. Robert Sheckley heartpeopleideas 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. Robert Sheckley realheromen So I wrote what I hoped would be science fiction, I was not at all sure if what I wrote would be acceptable even. But I don't say that I consciously wrote with humour. Humour is a part of you that comes out. Robert Sheckley would-besciencefiction I like to think that I have no single view nor any single situation that I think things arrive from. I try to give examples of what I think are interesting questions for me. Robert Sheckley viewsgivingthinking Science fiction is very healthy in its form. Robert Sheckley healthysciencefiction I'm not so interested any more in how a great deal of science fiction goes. It goes into things like Star Wars and Star Trek which all go excellent in their own way. Robert Sheckley starswarscience I was never able to write seriously about heroes because I was very aware that I was not one and that in my background there was not this heroic thing. Robert Sheckley firefighterherowriting Originality is a concept possible only to a limited viewpoint. Robert Sheckley originalityviewpointsconcepts A novel is often a longer process in handling self-doubt. Robert Sheckley processselfdoubt
