“I have been spending the better part of my professional life trying to create self-driving cars. At Google, I am working with a world-class team of engineers to turn science fiction into reality.” WorldTryingHas BeensSelfRealityTurnsFictionClassTeamCarScience FictionSpendingDrivingEngineersGoogleWorld ClassProfessional LifeDriving Cars Author:Sebastian Thrun
“I published only in academic journals in philosophy until I was in my 40s, but I had been writing fiction and poetry my whole adult life - without ever once trying to publish it, and rarely letting anyone read it.” WritingTryingPhilosophyWholeFictionAdultsAcademicJournalPublishWriting Fiction Author:Cheryl Mendelson
“I love conventional apocalypse movies. In movies, I like to be with the President, or the scientist trying to solve the problem, but that's not the kind of fiction that I like to read.” TryingKindProblemPresidentFictionScientistSolveConventionalApocalypse Author:Karen Thompson Walker
“Okay, this is Fran Lebowitz. She gave an interview once for the Paris Review about trying to write fiction and saying that fiction writers start talking about how characters are talking to them, and it's crazy, she's never had that. And I also thought, I'm never gonna be able to do this, because I didn't feel that for a really long time.” FeelsWritingTryingLongCharacterAbleFictionTalkingCrazyLong TimeOkayParisInterviewsReviewsFiction WritersReally Long Author:Sloane Crosley
“In all my science fiction movies, I try to blend the familiar with the futuristic so as not to be too off putting to the audience. There is always something familiar they can grab onto.” TryingFictionAudienceScience FictionFamiliarFuturisticScience Fiction Movie Author:David Twohy