“Yet we can be sure that whatever fictions exist in Wall Street bookkeeping, the earth is a faithful scribe, a faultless calculator, a superb bookkeeper; we will be held responsible for every bit of our economic folly.” EarthBitsFictionEconomicStreetsWallIntegrityResponsibleFaithfulFollyStewardshipAccuracySuperbCalculatorsScribesBookkeepersBookkeeping Author:Thomas Berry
“One of the most poignant pieces of recent science fiction for me was the portrayal of the adults in the Pixar film WALL-E. I feel like we're on the cusp of becoming fat babies in floating chairs being fed everything in shake form, and I feel like I am as prone to laziness as anybody.” FeelsFilmFormFictionPiecesWallBabyBecomingAdultsScience FictionFatsShakesChairsFedsLazinessFloatingPoignantPortrayalPixarCusp Author:Nick Offerman
“If I had unlimited funds, wall space and storage, I would collect a lot more things, like 'Planet of the Apes,' 'Star Wars,' science fiction stuff, autographs, and prop guns and weapons. I have to draw the line somewhere.” IfsWarStarsStuffLinesSpaceFictionPlanetsWallWeaponsDrawsGunScience FictionFundUnlimitedApesAutographsPropsStorage Author:Kirk Hammett
“The history of science fiction started in the caves 20,000 years ago. The ideas on the walls of the cave were problems to be solved. It's problem solving. Primitive scientific knowledge, primitive dreams, primitive blueprinting: to solve problems.” YearsIdeasProblemDreamFictionWallYears AgoScience FictionSolvePrimitiveProblem SolvingCavesHistory Of ScienceScientific Knowledge Book:Conversations with Ray Bradbury Source: Conversations with Ray Bradbury
“I've had many students over the years, sometimes even very sophisticated students, who will be writing and will hit a wall. Often I find it's because they're working out of sequence. Maybe some people can do that, but I don't think that's how fiction works. It's a discovery.” PeopleThinkingWritingYearsSometimesCan DoFictionStudentsWallDiscoveryWork OutWorking ItSophisticatedSequence Author:T.C. Boyle