“I find it's bizarre that science fiction is the one branch of television to push the idea of strong female characters. And I only call it bizarre because strong women aren't fiction.” IdeasCharacterStrongFictionTelevisionFemaleScience FictionBranchesStrong WomenBizarreFemale CharactersStrong Female CharactersStrong Female Author:Steven Moffat
“I'm frustrated with Hollywood and television and the movies because they see science fiction as an excuse for eye candy, for lots of great special effects.” EyeFictionSpecialEffectsTelevisionHollywoodScience FictionExcuseFrustratedCandySpecial EffectsEye Candy Author:David Gerrold
“Fact is stranger than fiction. You see people walking down the street that would never be allowed on television. You have to tone it down.” PeopleFactsFictionStreetsTelevisionWalkingStrangerToneStranger Than Fiction Author:Ricky Gervais
“The nice thing about 'Futurama' for me personally was that it was a way to honor some of the traditional ideas in literary science fiction, not so much movie or television science fiction - although we have that too, obviously. Our situation, a workplace comedy, led to all sorts of stuff.” WayIdeasStuffFictionSituationComedyNiceTelevisionHonorScience FictionTraditionalWorkplaceNice Things Author:Matt Groening
“In prose fiction the freedom to work honestly exists, although you may have to fight for it. In those other areas of literature, I mean drama, there is only silence. That sort of aesthetic integrity does not exist in radio and television, and seldom on film.” MayMeanDoeFilmFightingLiteratureSilenceFictionTelevisionIntegrityDramaAreasRadioHonestlyProseAesthetic Author:James Kelman
“Science fiction fans are the smartest fans in television. They just are. They're just so smart, and they know so much detail and information. They're a part of the story and they inform your character, as well. We all listen to the fans, and we love their feedback and the attention they give us.” KnowsGivingWellsCharacterStoriesAttentionFictionFansInformationTelevisionSmartScience FictionDetailsFeedback Author:Azita Ghanizada
“'Fringe' is one of my favorite television shows, from its inception. I absolutely love all of the science fiction of it, the mystery of it, and the science in it.” ShowsFictionMysteryTelevisionScience FictionMy FavoriteFringeTelevision ShowsInception Author:Jill Scott
“More people pay attention to fiction and to narrative than pay attention to journalism. That's quite sad. More people pay attention to television than to prose. That's equally sad, if not more so.” PeopleIfsPayAttentionFictionTelevisionJournalismPay AttentionNarrativeProse Author:David Simon
“I think I've actually benefited from Australia being a kind of combination of both British and American culture. We kind of got the best of both British and American television and books, science fiction and fantasy, and so on. So I'm familiar with a lot of, for example, American books and television that a British author of my generation might not be.” ThinkingKindBookMightCultureFictionFantasyGenerationsExampleTelevisionScience FictionBritishFamiliarCombinationAustraliaAmerican CultureMy GenerationAmerican TelevisionScience Fiction And Fantasy Author:Garth Nix