Don't mistake a good setup for a satisfying conclusion - many beginning writers end their stories when the real story is just ready to begin.

- Stanley Schmidt

And, of course, some SF is set close enough to here and now that Anglo and European do apply. Since many of the writers come from those backgrounds, …

- Stanley Schmidt

There may be something to the suggestion about the pace of technological change intimidating writers, though - it's been awfully hard to keep ahead o…

- Stanley Schmidt

As for sticking strictly to presently known science, I will simply point out that we have already experienced at least two major revolutions in scien…

- Stanley Schmidt

It's easy to imagine ways the future can be ugly and depressing. It's harder, but more worthwhile, to imagine plausible ways we can make it better.

- Stanley Schmidt

Through our entire history we have become accustomed to pushing [animals] around in ways dictated by our own wants and needs without much regard for …

- Stanley Schmidt

Of course, the way writers think about those things is almost certain to be affected by their own cultural background, and it would be hard to deny t…

- Stanley Schmidt

Blaming society makes it awfully easy for a person of weak character to shrug off his own responsibility for his actions.

- Stanley Schmidt

It's most presumptuous to believe we already know all the answers and will never get any more big surprises.

- Stanley Schmidt