Michael Crichton
Michael Crichton
John Michael Crichtonwas an American best-selling author, physician, producer, director, and screenwriter, best known for his work in the science fiction, medical fiction and thriller genres. His books have sold over 200 million copies worldwide, and many have been adapted into films. In 1994, Crichton became the only creative artist ever to have works simultaneously charting at No. 1 in US television, film, and book sales...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth23 October 1942
CityChicago, IL
CountryUnited States of America
Often I feel I go to some distant region of the world to be reminded of who I really am. There is no mystery about why this should be so. Stripped of your ordinary surroundings, your friends, your daily routines, your refrigerator full of your food, your closet full of your clothes -- with all this taken away, you are forced into direct experience. Such direct experience inevitably makes you aware of who it is that is having the experience. That's not always comfortable, but it is always invigorating.
I am certain there is too much certainty in the world.
Do you know what we call opinion in the absence of evidence? We call it prejudice.
I tended to faint when I saw accident victims in the emergency ward, during surgery, or while drawing blood.
This is the gift of your species and this is the danger, because you do not choose to control your imaginings. You imagine wonderful things and you imagine terrible things, and you take no responsibility for the choice. You say you have inside you both the power of good and the power of evil, the angel and the devil, but in truth you have just one thing inside you - the ability to imagine.
The doctor is not a miracle worker who can magically save us but, rather, an expert adviser who can assist us in our own recovery.
The planet has survived everything, in its time. It will certainly survive us.
The characteristic human trait is not awareness but conformity, and the characteristic result is religious warfare.
A man can see by starlight, if he takes the time.
We all live every day in virtual environments, defined by our ideas.
Science is as corruptible a human activity as any other.
Like all trial attorneys, he knew the importance of not dressing too well.
They believed that prediction was just a function of keeping track of things. If you knew enough, you could predict anything. That's been cherished scientific belief since Newton.' And?' Chaos theory throws it right out the window.
We cause our diseases. We are directly responsible for any illness that happens to us.