Welcome back to another Quote Post this Monday! I found ten more quotes from speculative writers that I hope you enjoy. As we kick off this week, I hope they inspire anyone writing speculative fiction. Happy reading!
1. “Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it’s a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope, and that enables you to laugh at life’s realities.” – Dr. Seuss
2. “Science fiction is not prescriptive; it is descriptive.” – Ursula K. Le Guin
3. “You must stay drunk on writing so that reality cannot destroy you.” – Ray Bradbury
4. “Science fiction isn’t just thinking about the world out there. It’s also about thinking how that world might be.” Samuel R. Delaney
5. “This is the real magic of fantasy fiction: it can feed souls and change lives.” – David Gemmell
6. “To be matter-of-fact about the world is to blunder into fantasy – and dull fantasy at that, as the real world is strange and wonderful.” – Robert A. Heinlein
7. “Science fiction and fantasy is a kind of literature that embodies the highest aspirations of the human race.” – Harlan Ellison
8. “Fantasy is the only canvas large enough for me to paint on.” – Terry Brooks
9. “Everything’s science fiction until someone makes it science fact.” – Marie Lu
10. “Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the blinder critics and philosophers of today, but the core of science fiction — its essence — has become crucial to our salvation, if we are to be saved at all.” – Isaac Asimov
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