Inspirational Quotes
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Science Fiction Quotes
CreativityDesignInfluenceScience FictionTechnology I think, visually, 'Moon' probably owes more to the first half of 'Alien' and 'Outland' than it does to '2001.' The character of Gerty is obviously a straight rip-and-riff on HAL.
EntertainmentFantasyGamingHobbiesScience Fiction I played lots of games, and I was a fan of gaming, so I was always looking for new games. I was also a science fiction and fantasy fan, growing up, in games and books and movies.
Cyberpunk GenreInfluence and AdmirationLiterary InspirationPersonal ConnectionScience Fiction J. G. Ballard is just an example of the writers I like. Philip K. Dick is obviously one of them. I'm a big fan of William Gibson as well. He started cyberpunk with 'Neuromancer.' I've come to know him a little bit over Twitter, of all places, and I was always a huge fan of his. It's very cool to know he even knows I exist.
Family InfluenceImaginationLearningMotivationScience Fiction I guess sci-fi was like my candy growing up. My dad always thought it was important for me to read an hour or two every night. And if I got stuck or didn't want to read, sci-fi was sort of the thing you'd give me to spur me on to read that evening.
CreativityImaginationInnovationScience FictionWriting I started out writing much more science fictiony stuff and writing about science fiction.
Childhood MemoriesCinemaCultural ImpactInfluence of MediaScience Fiction I watched the German version of 'Baron Munchasen' and Fritz Lang's 'Metropolis' at a young age. 'Star Wars' was also a huge thing when I was a kid.
DecisionsDreamsFilmInspirationScience Fiction I've been dreaming to do sci-fi since I was 10 years old, and I said 'no' to a lot of sequels - I couldn't say 'no' to 'Blade Runner.'
CinemaEntertainmentFilmPersonal PreferenceScience Fiction For me, 'Blade Runner' is the best science-fiction film ever made.
AmbitionCreativityScience FictionSelf-Expression I'm a bit of a geek, actually. So I always wanted my first film to be science fiction.
CriticismMoviesPhysicsRealismScience Fiction I never got into 'Star Wars.' Maybe because they made no attempt to portray real physics. At all.
CasualCritiqueHumorPop CultureScience Fiction I don't comment on the physics errors of 'Star Wars,' all right. I just - you let that one go.
Decision MakingEmotional ConnectionEntertainmentPersonal PreferencesScience Fiction I love science fiction, but I have a hard time feeling for characters in a galaxy far away. Choosing movies is the one thing in my life where there's no compromising.
Alien StereotypesExtraterrestrial LifeHollywood PortrayalsPopular CultureScience Fiction Stephen Hawking's been watching too many Hollywood movies. I think the only kind aliens in Hollywood are the ones created by Steven Spielberg - 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' and 'E.T.,' for example. All other aliens are trying to suck our brains out.
CreativityFilmImaginationOriginalityScience Fiction '2001: A Space Odyssey' is a movie that really impressed me as a teenager. And also 'Blade Runner.' And 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' is also one of my favorites. I'm always looking for sci-fi material, and it's difficult to find original and strong material that's not just about weaponry.
HollywoodInterestRealityScience FictionUniverse While I'm a big fan of science fiction, especially as rendered in expensive Hollywood blockbusters, it's the real universe that calls to me.
AestheticsCitiesFilmImmersionScience Fiction Science-fiction cities in general, I think, are so hard to get right, because it's so easy to just play some cheesy music or do something that takes you right out of it, but 'Blade Runner' got it right, and I love that about the film.
GenreHuman StoriesIntrospectionNostalgiaScience Fiction It seems like the reason that I miss the science fiction from the late '70s and '80s is that at that period, they really were doing interesting, introspective human stories that just happened to take place in science fiction settings.