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Robert Sheckley Quotes

Ethical and questions of philosophy interest me a great deal.
Robert Sheckley

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Date of Birth:
July 16, 1928
Date of Death:
December 9, 2005
Nationality:
American
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Select Robert Sheckley Quotations:
I like to think that I have no single view nor any single situation that I think things arrive from. I try to give examples of what I think are interesting questions for me.
Robert Sheckley

Science fiction is very healthy in its form.
Robert Sheckley

As far as the mechanics go, working with other people on received ideas was for me a very interesting technical problem. I can't say that any of my collaborations engaged my heart, but they engaged the craftsman in me.
Robert Sheckley

I don't much like to look back with the idea that I was doing it wrong then or I'm doing it wrong now.
Robert Sheckley

So I wrote what I hoped would be science fiction, I was not at all sure if what I wrote would be acceptable even. But I don't say that I consciously wrote with humour. Humour is a part of you that comes out.
Robert Sheckley

It takes me a long time to get with a landscape. It took me 20 years before I wrote anything about Ibiza, and I haven't written about Oregon yet, although I've been there 20 years - possibly I'm almost due.
Robert Sheckley


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Deal, Ethical, Great, Interest, Philosophy, Questions
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