Before I was reading science fiction, I read Hemingway. Farewell to Arms was my first adult novel that said not everything ends well. It was one of those times where reading has meant a great deal to me, in terms of my development - an insight came from that book.

- Robert Reed

The man of science is a poor philosopher.

- Albert Einstein

Certainly, it may bring to light such a deeper knowledge of the structure of matter as to constitute a veritable discontinuity in the progress of science.

- Ernest Lawrence

From now on we live in a world where man has walked on the Moon. It's not a miracle; we just decided to go.

- Jim Lovell

Science may never come up with a better office communication system than the coffee break.

- Earl Wilson

My own writing has perhaps more of an American flavor than a British one, but that's because the stories I've so far written have needed it. 'Empire State,' 'Seven Wonders' and 'The Age Atomic' are all very place-centric, where the setting itself is almost a character. But there is a universality to story that isn't just limited to science fiction.

- Adam Christopher

There is no science in creativity. If you don't give yourself room to fail, you won't innovate.

- Bob Iger

If you want to go beyond that small percentage of people who are already environmentally and scientifically aware, you have to make your work somehow link with a passion, interest, or profession of someone who isn't interested in science or nature.

- Nalini Nadkarni

If you don't care about science enough to be interested in it on its own, you shouldn't try to write hard science fiction. You can write like Ray Bradbury and Harlan Ellison as much as you want.

- Frederik Pohl

Basic science provides long-term benefits for ourselves and our fragile planet and should be supported by all the world's societies.

- David Lee