“How could anyone survive even a single day, if he didn't feel as if he was, in some little great way, needed?” Quote by Robert Reed
“2001: A Space Odyssey was a wonderful conundrum when I was a boy, with its giant concepts thrown across the giant screen at Indian Hills Theater. That movie woke me up in ways that I hadn't imagined, and I went searching for book versions of the same drug.” WayBookSpaceBoysWonderfulDrugConceptsTheaterScreensVersionsHillsIndianGiantsThrownOdysseyConundrumsSpace Odyssey2001 A Space Odyssey Author:Robert Reed
“I wrote when I was a young teen, but I didn't put an eye on the available markets until I was seventeen. The next ten years felt like a self-centered experiment in personal abuse.” YearsSelfEyeYoungNextFeltTenAbuseAvailableExperimentsSelf CenteredSeventeen Author:Robert Reed
“Science fiction is really a rather tiny business compared with its giant cousin, which is fantasy.” FictionFantasyScience FictionTinyGiantsCousin Author:Robert Reed
“This is a slow business to have success in. There are exceptions, but for the most part it's kind of like the last writer standing.... I've got gray. I've got plenty of gray. I'm creating a career slowly, like a coral reef.” KindLastsCareersCreatingStandingPlentyExceptionGrayReefsCoral Reefs Author:Robert Reed
“I'm the only member of SFWA in Nebraska, but I don't pine away for the companionship of other science fiction writers. I [go] to very few conventions. I'm quite willing to be that eccentric who has a very odd job, quite happy to be the only science fiction writer in town.” JobsFictionWillingMembersTownsScience FictionOddConventionsCompanionshipEccentricFiction WritersNebraskaOdd Jobs Author:Robert Reed
“I live for those rare and delicious moments when the words on the page take off and I am the bystander, watching as the tale shows me what will happen next.” MomentsShowsHappensNextPagesTalesShow MeDeliciousBystanders Author:Robert Reed
“I would like to say that I have software that allows me to model worlds to a high degree of scientific plausibility. I'd also like to be six foot two and fifteen years into my reign as Emperor of Europa. The simple truth is that past the character's name and a long history of making my own body cover distances, I did very little in the way of targeted research.” WorldWayYearsLittlesLongTwoCharacterBodyPastNamesMy OwnSimpleFeetTruth IsDegreesSixModelsResearchDistanceSoftwareFifteenReignEmperorFifteen YearsSimple Truths Author:Robert Reed
“In a novella, a whole lot of crap can happen, and you can build momentum and suspense and leave room for a surprise or three. Stories are cut down to the most essential elements, and novels (this might be an unfair generalization on my part) are big fat clumsy efforts where the reader can snooze for a couple chapters and miss nothing of consequence. Hence my love for the middle way.” WayWholeStoriesBigsMightHappensThreeRoomsEffortNovelCuttingMiddleMissingReaderCoupleEssentialsElementsConsequenceSurpriseFatsSuspenseChaptersUnfairCrapMomentumClumsyGeneralizationMiddle Way Author:Robert Reed
“I'm astonished how little fright I have of my own imagination. It really does baffle me that I don't get more scared because I'm capable of thinking up things that are so awful. On any given day I can imagine the worst.” ThinkingLittlesDoeI CanGivenImaginationMy OwnImagineWorstCapableScaredAwfulFright Author:Robert Reed
“I don't believe people let things slide away. It's the nature of the universe that everything dissolves into oblivion and by every route possible, but human beings invest a lot of cleverness trying to cling to past events, real or imagined. And because we can't succeed, we get angry and frustrated and feel guilty. Except the Buddhists.” PeopleFeelsTryingBelieveHumansRealPastUniverseHuman BeingsEventsSucceedAngryDon't BelieveGuiltyBuddhistFrustratedRoutesOblivionSlidesClevernessPast Events Author:Robert Reed