Theodore Sturgeon
Theodore Sturgeon
Theodore Sturgeonwas an American science fiction and horror writer and critic. The Internet Speculative Fiction Database credits him with about 400 reviews and more than 200 stories...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth26 February 1918
CountryUnited States of America
love heart hands
If ever you want to touch the hand and the heart of God Almighty, you can do it through the body of someone you love. Anytime. Anywhere. Without no middleman.
writing fiction-stories problem
A science fiction story is a story with a human problem, and a human solution, that would not have happened at all without its scientific content.
thinking people shut-up
Just think about it," he said softly. "You can do practically anything. You can have practically everything. And none of it will keep you from being alone." "Shut up shut up...Everybody's alone." He nodded. "But some people learn how to live with it.
men years people
No man can rob successfully over a period of years without pleasing the people he robs.
baby love-yourself someone-you-love
Ask Baby can you be truly part of someone you love." "He says only if you love yourself.
mirrors looks earth
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?
next asks
Ask the next question.
writing people expertise
You must write to the people's expertise.
writing dollars stories
The first writing I did was short short stories for a newspaper syndicate for which I was paid five dollars a piece on publication.
space interesting empty
Inner space is so much more interesting, because outer space is so empty.
writing firsts students
I teach writing courses and first of all, I teach my students what prosody is.
courage teenager writing
Once I had all the facts in, I found I didn't have the immoral courage to pull the caper. So I wrote it as a story. As a teenager, I didn't have any skills for writing as such, so it came out in 1500 words.
There was so much that you could do, instead of looking for things that you couldn't do.
lonely loneliness long
Even to loneliness there is an end, for those who are lonely enough, long enough.