“...The very word 'fiction' implies another world, literally a different place, whereas no one claims that a dedicated sportsman is escaping his life, or a chef or a nurse. But the poor writer - the sci-fi one especially - is seen as running away. Bollocks. This is real, for me, and it's tough, it's fun, it's practical, and it's very, very important.” WorldImportantDifferentRealRunningFunPoorFictionToughClaimsPracticalsSci FiDedicatedNurseRunning AwayChefDifferent PlaceAnother WorldEscapingSportsman Author:Russell T Davies
“It's ironic: In movies, the most successful films of all time have been sci-fi or fantasy. By far. But a lot of people won't even read science fiction books.” PeopleHas BeensBookFilmFictionFantasySuccessfulScience FictionAll TimeIronicSci Fi Author:David S. Goyer
“Great sci-fi has never shied from tackling the Big Questions, though really great sci-fi never forgets to entertain us along the way. Shock and awe applies to art, as well.” WayWellsArtBigsForgetAweShockNever ForgetSci FiReally GreatBig QuestionsTacklingShock And Awe Author:Rick Yancey
“I'd always thought that, in all the great sci-fi constructs, there's always the guy who seems like he's the commander, but then you reveal that there's an even bigger puppet master up above and beyond him.” SeemsGuyMastersBiggerSci FiConstructsCommandersPuppetsAbove And BeyondPuppet Master Author:Dan Fogelman
“The fundamental premise of sci-fi is not spaceships and lasers - it's that children can learn from the mistakes of their parents.” ChildrenParentMistakeFundamentalsSci FiPremisesSpaceshipsLasers Author:David Brin
“I'm such a fan girl when it comes to movies, TV and sci-fi, sometimes I can't believe I actually get to be in them.” BelieveI CanSometimesGirlFansTvsSci Fi Author:Rebecca Mader
“I do feel that even though I didn't grow up being a big sci-fi fan or comic books or superhero fan, I felt myself definitely gravitate towards these movies that have a high concept and yet they're giving you a moral dilemma within that.” GivingFeelsBookBigsGrowsFeltMoralGrowing UpFansConceptsComicSci FiComic BookSuperheroDilemmaMoral Dilemma Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“I always say 300 is a sci-fi movie as much as anything. It's like that could be another planet. It doesn't have to be earth necessarily. That's like when people get so wrapped up in the politics of 300 I always go, "By the way, that's a sci-fi movie. It's not really a historical film."” PeopleWayEarthFilmPlanetsHistoricalSci FiSci Fi Movie Author:Zack Snyder
“So much of the way books get classified has to do with marketing decisions. I think it's more useful to think of literary books and sci-fi/fantasy books as existing on a continuum.” ThinkingWayBookDecisionFantasyMarketingSci FiContinuumFantasy Books Author:Karen Russell
“I don't think you need to watch Arrow and Flash to appreciate what it is Legends has to offer. The beauty of this show - and they do this on Flash, and they did this on Arrow - is that we do spend time on character. We do spend time on backstory. We do take a moment in between the sci-fi special effects to tell you who these people are, so that when something happens to them, you actually care.” PeopleThinkingNeedsMomentsCharacterShowsHappensCareWatchesSpecialEffectsOffersAppreciateThings HappenLegendsSci FiFlashEnd TimesSpend TimeArrowsSpecial Effects Author:Wentworth Miller
“I want to write a score for a film. It can be a proper film, maybe for a film kind of like... I saw that movie 'Drive', or a bit of a 'Blade Runner' vibe. A little bit sci-fi, but I don't know. I've just always wanted to write a score for a film.” KnowsWantWritingKindLittlesWantedFilmBitsSawsLittle BitScoreSci FiRunnersBladesBlade Runner Author:Flume
“I've never done real sci-fi. I've never played an alien. I've never played some sort of superhero. Which I'd love to do!” RealDoneAliensSci FiSuperhero Author:Peter Jacobson
“I always love some sci-fi and any type of post-apocalyptic world idea.” WorldIdeasTypePostsSci FiApocalypticPost Apocalyptic Author:Zach McGowan
“I do like sci-fi. When I was a kid, I was always sort of locked into sci-fi stories. So, sci-fi has always had a special place in my heart.” HeartStoriesKidsSpecialMy HeartSci FiLockedSpecial Places Author:Chiwetel Ejiofor
“I'm a huge Luc Besson fan. The Fifth Element, I just loved that movie. Luc cast me to play a small part in it, and so I did, because I love all his movies actually - The Big Blue, La Femme Nikita, Léon: The Professional. His movies are so wonderful. It's just fun to be in it and for it to be a sci-fi movie.” PlayBigsFunWonderfulFansHugeElementsBlueCastsSci FiFifthSmall PartsFemmeSci Fi MovieFifth Element Author:Ethan Hawke
“I did this movie, Predestination, and it's one of my favorite movies I've ever made, because sci-fi really lets you talk about ideas in a way that's not pretentious.” WayMadeIdeasMy FavoriteSci FiPretentiousPredestination Author:Ethan Hawke
“I've been lucky to have played a lot of women, over the years, especially in the sci-fi genre. All of them are special to me, in different ways, and I hate comparing them because it's like comparing people. They're different.” PeopleWayYearsDifferentHateSpecialLuckyI HateCompareGenreDifferent WaysSci FiSpecial To Me Author:Laura Vandervoort
“I think it's very important that films like Bad Hurt don't get lost in the mix of the sci-fi-kill-everything-on-the-screen-blood-dripping-down-the-walls sort of the world of the cinema that we live in.” ThinkingWorldImportantFilmLostHurtBloodWallScreensCinemaSci FiDripping Author:Karen Allen
“Creating a world in a sci-fi show is almost the whole battle. If you have a great story and you can create a great world, as far as the acting goes, it makes my job a whole lot easier.” IfsWorldWholeStoriesShowsJobsActingEasierBattleCreatingSci Fi Author:Thomas Jane
“I've loved science fiction my whole life. But I've never made a science fiction movie. And it's [World Of Tomorrow] sort of a parody of science fiction at the same time. It's all of the things I find interesting in sci-fi amplified.” WorldMadeWholeInterestingFictionTomorrowScience FictionWhole LifeSci FiParodyScience Fiction Movie Author:Don Hertzfeldt
“Yeah, sci-fi is definitely a big influence on Fear Factory. I've had people tell me we always sing about the same thing but it's like well, if we were a black metal band we'd sing about Satan, you know? What if we were a Christian metal band? All the songs would be about how much we loved Jesus.” PeopleIfsKnowsWellsBigsWould BeChristianSongJesusBlackInfluenceBandYeahSatanWhat IfSci FiMetalsFactoriesMetal BandBlack Metal Author:Dino Cazares
“You sing about the things you're influenced by. So we've been big into sci-fi since we were kids, things like Star Trek etc. Then came movies like Terminator and Dune. Burton is also a really big reader and loves sci-fi novels which helps him write. It's also really cool he does that because it's through the perspective of how we see things going or possibly going.” WritingDoeHelpingBigsKidsStarsNovelPerspectiveReaderAnd LoveEtcSci FiReally Cool Author:Dino Cazares
“We really are living in the era that all this sci-fi literature and cinema was centered around, but it's not anything like what we envisioned it to be. It's almost like there's too much choice.” ChoicesLiteratureToo MuchErasCinemaSci Fi Author:Alan Palomo
“When I read the script [of Good Kill], it read like a science fiction film. And Andrew [writer/director Andrew Niccol] is known for sci-fi. But when I spoke to him, he said this picture was 100% factual, which blew my mind. I realized then how little I knew about the drone program. And I felt that, if I knew so little about it, there must be others who should be educated about what's going on.” IfsShouldMindLittlesSaidFilmFeltFictionKnownDirectorsProgramScience FictionScriptsI RealizedEducatedSpokesSci FiAndrewDronesFactual Author:Zoe Kravitz
“I've done so many superhero comics, and I've actually just been really excited about sci-fi, and Chrononauts and Starlight were both sci-fi, which I had a great time doing.” DoneExcitedSci FiSuperheroGreat TimesStarlightHad A Great Time Author:Mark Millar
“Maybe in this Star Wars world maybe subconsciously I was preparing myself. But I've just found all of my ideas I've been coming up with are big sci-fi things, and I wanted to do a big epic, a big space opera, and this is it. This is mine.” WorldIdeasWarBigsWantedFoundStarsSpaceMinesSci FiOperaEpicPreparing Author:Mark Millar
“The big thing is it's a domestic drama. Everything else in science fiction tends to be high-concept. Really for the last 40 years or so I think sci-fi's been a little cold and a little inhuman quite often - certainly since the 1980s - and I really wanted to do something that almost felt like a regular, real-life drama but just set it in a sci-fi setting. I think the best stuff is always like that.” ThinkingYearsLittlesRealBigsWantedLastsFeltStuffFictionColdDramaConceptsScience FictionReal LifeSettingSettingsSci FiBig ThingsInhumanDrama Life Author:Mark Millar
“I'm a huge fan of the Rod Serling sci-fi, where they could take the most odd and enormous ideas but ground them in something very human.” HumansIdeasFansHugeEnormousOddSci Fi Author:Mark Millar
“You kind of worry for the characters in a way that you don't normally in sci-fi, because sci-fi tends to be about the ideas, and this is about people.” PeopleWayKindIdeasCharacterWorrySci Fi Author:Mark Millar
“Ever since 1980, sci-fi has generally been more Bladerunner than Star Wars. People talk about Star Wars being the most influential movie of all time and creating the blockbuster along with Jaws and that sort of thing, but really there's not been a space opera that anyone can go and see.” PeopleWarStarsSpaceCreatingAll TimeSci FiOperaInfluentialBlockbuster Author:Mark Millar
“When I was a kid growing up in the '80s, the BBC showed those old Buster Crabbe serials like Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers. So instead of ponderous sci-fi or depressing sci-fi or dystopian sci-fi and all the things we're kind of used to, where it's always raining and it's always dark, I thought, "Wouldn't it be nice to do something that was just fun and absolutely nonstop?" Like, I love writing action, and this thing is that. It's all action.” WritingKindKidsActionUsedFunDarkGrowing UpNiceGrowingRainSci FiFlashDepressingBeing Nice80sDystopianBucksRogerSerialsKids Growing UpBustersBuck RogersFlash Gordon Author:Mark Millar
“The thing I like about the sci-fi genre is that you get to examine universal themes and polarizing moral choices. The characters have a lot on their shoulders and are often trying to survive in some very difficult and hostile environments.” TryingCharacterChoicesDifficultMoralEnvironmentUniversalShouldersGenreThemeSci FiHostileGenre IsMoral ChoicesPolarizingHostile EnvironmentUniversal Themes Author:Jaime Murray
“I don't watch like Sci-fi or things like that, I'm always more like real life is so endlessly fascinating to me.” RealLife IsWatchesReal LifeFascinatingSci Fi Author:Jonah Hill
“I regard romantic comedies as a subgenre of sci-fi, in which the world operates according to different rules than my regular human world.” WorldHumansDifferentComedyRegardSci FiBeing AloneBeing SingleAnti ValentineAnti Valentines DayFunny Anti Valentines Day Author:Mindy Kaling
“There are a bunch of different movies I feel that way about. However, there is a debate because as you may know after MST3K ended there have been things like Cinematic Titanic that are the children and the grandchildren of this way of dissecting movies and making fun of them and in a way celebrating the absurdity of those movies as well. There are certain movies that sort of fit into the MST3K paradigm which is hidden gems, these weird horror/sci-fi/fantasy movies.” KnowsWayFeelsWellsMayChildrenHas BeensDifferentCertainFunFantasyFitHorrorDebateBunchCelebrateSci FiAbsurdityGrandchildrenParadigmGemsCinematicDissecting Author:Baron Vaughn
“There's a lot of dark horror, and a lot of sci-fi fantasy that's great, but what gets hyped a lot the big stuff. The most expensive stuff gets hyped a lot, and I love it, don't get me wrong, but there's things that fall through the cracks.” BigsFallStuffDarkFantasyHorrorExpensiveCracksSci FiBig Stuff Author:Robert Englund
“I know plenty of actors smarter than me with better taste than me who love horror movies and love sci-fi and it just doesn't make sense to me.” KnowsActorsTasteHorrorAnd LovePlentyMake SenseSci FiSmarterMovies And Love Author:Ben Feldman
“We were so ready [with Valerian] that we were early, which is unheard of in the history of the sci-fi film.” FilmReadySci FiUnheardSci Fi Film Author:Luc Besson
“Fantasy allows for less rigorous worldbuilding and more vigorous exploration of moral questions. Sci-fi is opp.” MoralFantasyExplorationSci FiVigorous Author:Paul S. Kemp
“We describe [Paper Girls] as Stand By Me meets Terminator.It's a story about nostalgia and childhood, but with an action-packed, sci-fi bent.” StoriesActionGirlChildhoodPaperNostalgiaSci FiBentStand By Me Author:Brian K. Vaughan
“I had no idea I was part of what was going to be a big mega-hit. I thought I was doing a B sci-fi movie [Independence Day]. And, actually, it was Jeff Goldblum who looked at me one day and said, "You know, I think this is going to be really something." And I said, "Well, I hope you're right." And sure enough, it turned out to be.” ThinkingKnowsWellsSaidIdeasEnoughBigsOne DayIndependenceNo IdeaSci FiIndependence DayMegaSci Fi Movie Author:Brent Spiner
“I was really interested in this ability for others to create virtual memories for us. In "The Cartographers" I explore this through Adam Woods, and the company he works for, which produces virtual memories that people can beam into their consciousness. While the technology is sci-fi, the story is also a metaphor for the way love relationships create memories in our minds.” PeopleWayMindStoriesMemoriesAbilityConsciousnessCompanyTechnologyProduceMetaphorWoodsSci FiAdamBeamLove Relationship Author:Alexander Weinstein
“The book says [Lincoln in the Bardo],"I really need this sci-fi device of a ghost inhabiting another person." You say okay kind of begrudgingly. So the structure seemed informed by need and efficiency.” NeedsKindPersonsBookOkayStructureGhostDevicesSci FiEfficiency Author:George Saunders
“Buzzing at the Sill is from a Theodore Roethke poem called "In a Dark Time." I'd heard a small part of it in a play, a sort of sci-fi play about morality in a virtual reality universe. Nothing to do with the book precisely, but it was a great play.” BookPlayRealityUniverseDarkHeardMoralitySci FiSmall PartsVirtual RealityDark TimesTheodore Author:Peter van Agtmael
“If there's a great story and great characters, then I can love a film in any genre, though crime thrillers and sci-fi have a particular soft spot in my heart.” IfsHeartI CanCharacterStoriesFilmCrimeParticularMy HeartSpotsGenreSci FiThrillersGreat Character Author:Ed Gass-Donnelly
“I'm a fantasy guy. So I brought the fantasy element to the Riddick, David Twohy brought the sci-fi, and it came together.You see that in every aspect of the film.” TogetherFilmGuyFantasyElementsAspectSci Fi Author:Vin Diesel
“I think that the idea of boundaries is being challenged everywhere. And I think our fascination with sci-fi is that it is a boundary-less world where we can kind of create the reality that we believe to be as opposed to the reality that is. It is about the beyond and the unknown in a different way than pretty much any type of storytelling is.” ThinkingWorldWayBelieveKindIdeasDifferentRealityTypeBoundariesStorytellingDifferent WaysSci FiFascination Author:Jake Gyllenhaal
“In the fantasy, sci-fi world, the fans are so discerning and they're so tough and they're so intelligent, and they're so critical.” WorldFantasyFansToughIntelligentCriticalSci FiDiscerning Author:Scott Bakula
“What I love about sci-fi is that every generation's films are based on what we know at that point in time. We make movies about the future, but it's always based on what we have. Then, as science grows and we discover new things, so do our ideas.” KnowsIdeasFilmGrowsGenerationsSci FiNew Things Author:Olga Kurylenko