Robert Sheckley
Robert Sheckley
Robert Sheckley was an American writer. First published in the science fiction magazines of the 1950s, his numerous quick-witted stories and novels were famously unpredictable, absurdist, and broadly comical...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth16 July 1928
CountryUnited States of America
american-author anywhere crazy help short since stories
There's no sense going crazy over this stuff. Short stories help me with that, since you can do a story in anywhere from one day to a week.
police trouble truism
It is a truism throughout the civilized galaxy that when you go to the police, your troubles really begin.
viewpoints originality concepts
Originality is a concept possible only to a limited viewpoint.
writing thinking luck
I do think that short story writing is often a matter of luck.
writing three stories
I don't finish every story, but I probably write and send out three out of five of them.
hard-work writing self
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.
blessing world curse
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.
stuff
The absurdist stuff wasn't terribly popular at the time I was doing it.
important british audience
The British audience was very important to me. I have always looked away from American to non-American audiences and so this was important.
philosophy ethical interest
Ethical and questions of philosophy interest me a great deal.
regret experts action
Action isn’t my forte. I’m an expert on contemplation and mild regret.
hero writing able
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.
able complicated walks
Once you find you can't walk as far and as fast as you were able, life becomes more complicated.
stars war science
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.