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.
Action isn’t my forte. I’m an expert on contemplation and mild regret. - Robert Sheckley
Action isn’t my forte. I’m an expert on contemplation and mild regret.
- Robert Sheckley
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 inter… - Robert Sheckley
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 inter…
I'm quite influenced in this by one of my heroes, Montaigne, who thought a man's real task was to render as honest an account of himself as he could. - Robert Sheckley
I'm quite influenced in this by one of my heroes, Montaigne, who thought a man's real task was to render as honest an account of himself as he could.
Once you find you can't walk as far and as fast as you were able, life becomes more complicated. - Robert Sheckley
Once you find you can't walk as far and as fast as you were able, life becomes more complicated.
I'm not too fond of the hard work and the constant battle with self-doubt that goes on when I write, but I figure that's part of the territory. - Robert Sheckley
I'm not too fond of the hard work and the constant battle with self-doubt that goes on when I write, but I figure that's part of the territory.
Science fiction is very healthy in its form. - Robert Sheckley
Science fiction is very healthy in its form.
Originality is a concept possible only to a limited viewpoint. - Robert Sheckley
Originality is a concept possible only to a limited viewpoint.
Wherever you go in the galaxy, you can find a food business, a house-building business, a war business, a peace business, a governing business, and s… - Robert Sheckley
Wherever you go in the galaxy, you can find a food business, a house-building business, a war business, a peace business, a governing business, and s…
The British audience was very important to me. I have always looked away from American to non-American audiences and so this was important. - Robert Sheckley
The British audience was very important to me. I have always looked away from American to non-American audiences and so this was important.
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