I find to my mixed astonishment that I do dream, but I didn't know it. Theodore Sturgeon More Quotes by Theodore Sturgeon More Quotes From Theodore Sturgeon You write a story about loneliness, and you grab them all because everybody's an expert on that one. Theodore Sturgeon being-alonelonelinesswriting Writing is a communication. Theodore Sturgeon communicationwriting Ninety percent of everything is crap. Theodore Sturgeon humordrinkingfunny Why must we love where the lightning strikes, and not where we choose? Theodore Sturgeon lightningstrikes They say dogs ignore their reflections in mirrors because they can't smell them. Dogs, unlike people, are not fooled by what they see. Theodore Sturgeon mirrorsreflectiondog I teach writing courses and first of all, I teach my students what prosody is. Theodore Sturgeon studentswritingfirsts I write a story as if it were a letter to someone and essentially, that's what you do. Theodore Sturgeon storiesletterswriting Sure, 90% of science fiction is crud. That's because 90% of everything is crud. Theodore Sturgeon crapthrivelaw Logic and truth are two very different things, but they often look the same to the mind that's performing the logic. Theodore Sturgeon differentmindtwo Science fiction, outside of poetry, is the only literary field which has no limits, no parameters whatsoever. You can go not only into the future, but into that wonderful place called other, which is simply another universe, another planet, another species. Theodore Sturgeon limitsfieldsfiction There is in certain living souls a quality of loneliness unspeakable, so great it must be shared as company is shared by lesser beings. Such a loneliness is mine; so know by this that in immensity there is one lonelier than you. Theodore Sturgeon qualitylonelinesssoul There are people who have tremendously important things to say, but they say it so poorly that nobody would ever want to read it. Theodore Sturgeon importantwantpeople It's the Simple things that are really effective. Try to remember that. Theodore Sturgeon simpleremembertrying Science fiction, outside of poetry, is the only literary field which has no limits, no parameters whatsoever. Theodore Sturgeon writingsciencefiction If All Men Were Brothers, Would You Let One Marry Your Sister? Theodore Sturgeon brotherifsmen Here's the point to be made - there are no synonyms. There are no two words that mean exactly the same thing. Theodore Sturgeon madetwomean Ninety percent of SF [science fiction] is crud, but then, ninety percent of everything is crud. Theodore Sturgeon ninetyscience-fictionfiction Why on earth do you carry a mirror around with you?” “It's purely a defensive device. We seldom quarrel, and this is one of the reasons. Can you imagine yourself getting all worked up and contorted and illogical and then coming face to face with yourself, looking at yourself exactly as you look to everyone else? Theodore Sturgeon mirrorsearthlooks Nothing is always absolutely so Theodore Sturgeon fun As far as hypnosis is concerned, I had a very serious problem when I was in my twenties. I encountered a man who later became the president of the American Society of Medical Hypnosis. He couldn't hypnotize me. Theodore Sturgeon hypnosispresidentmen
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