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Robert Sheckley quotes: Rememberatorium), Rememberatorium),
Robert Sheckley quotes: I sell well now in Russia. I remember one signing in Russia some years ago where the bookstore had two strongmen to hold the crowds back. I sell well now in Russia. I remember one signing in Russia some years ago where the bookstore had two strongmen to hold the crowds back.
Robert Sheckley quotes: Originality is a concept possible only to a limited viewpoint. Originality is a concept possible only to a limited viewpoint.
Robert Sheckley quotes: I think it can be quite impossible to think well of yourself, so I prefer not to think about that too much. But I am very pleased, obviously. I think it can be quite impossible to think well of yourself, so I prefer not to think about that too much. But I am very pleased, obviously.
Robert Sheckley quotes: The absurdist stuff wasn't terribly popular at the time I was doing it. The absurdist stuff wasn't terribly popular at the time I was doing it.
Robert Sheckley quotes: I do think that short story writing is often a matter of luck. I do think that short story writing is often a matter of luck.
Robert Sheckley quotes: I was forever reading outside of the field as well as in it. I was forever reading outside of the field as well as in it.
Robert Sheckley quotes: I would like to do a novel where some curse turns that into how the world really is - a blessing or a curse, I don't know which. I would like to do a novel where some curse turns that into how the world really is - a blessing or a curse, I don't know which.
Robert Sheckley quotes: Very well, you possess free will; but now you must use your free will to enslave yourself to God and to us. Very well, you possess free will; but now you must use your free will to enslave yourself to God and to us.
Robert Sheckley quotes: 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. 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 quotes: Why in God's name should a God be praised if he is only performing his Godly function? Why in God's name should a God be praised if he is only performing his Godly function?
Robert Sheckley quotes: Action isn't my forte. I'm an expert on contemplation and mild regret. Action isn't my forte. I'm an expert on contemplation and mild regret.
Robert Sheckley quotes: Dead or alive, you will retain all your rights. Dead or alive, you will retain all your rights.
Robert Sheckley quotes: 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. 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 quotes: - "What is reality?"- "One of the many possible illusions. - "What is reality?"
- "One of the many possible illusions.
Robert Sheckley quotes: He shared the common human hallmark: he was simultaneously predictable and unfathomable -- a routine miracle. He shared the common human hallmark: he was simultaneously predictable and unfathomable -- a routine miracle.
Robert Sheckley quotes: An error which is not perpetuated cannot be viewed as any error at all. An error which is not perpetuated cannot be viewed as any error at all.
Robert Sheckley quotes: I have never been a critic of science fiction as a whole. I have never been a critic of science fiction as a whole.
Robert Sheckley quotes: I don't finish every story, but I probably write and send out three out of five of them. I don't finish every story, but I probably write and send out three out of five of them.
Robert Sheckley quotes: It is a truism throughout the civilized galaxy that when you go to the police, your troubles really begin. It is a truism throughout the civilized galaxy that when you go to the police, your troubles really begin.
Robert Sheckley quotes: Sanity is a matter of consensus. Sanity is a matter of consensus.
Robert Sheckley quotes: Once you find you can't walk as far and as fast as you were able, life becomes more complicated. Once you find you can't walk as far and as fast as you were able, life becomes more complicated.
Robert Sheckley quotes: But science perhaps is very difficult without faith. Also there is no simple way of saying now we have science, we don't need faith anymore. But science perhaps is very difficult without faith. Also there is no simple way of saying now we have science, we don't need faith anymore.
Robert Sheckley quotes: Science fiction is very healthy in its form. Science fiction is very healthy in its form.
Robert Sheckley quotes: I've always thought of absurdism as a French fad I'd like to belong to. I've always thought of absurdism as a French fad I'd like to belong to.
Robert Sheckley quotes: The Shits played raucous music, which was danced to by immature virgins in middleless dresses. The Shits played raucous music, which was danced to by immature virgins in middleless dresses.
Robert Sheckley quotes: A novel is often a longer process in handling self-doubt. A novel is often a longer process in handling self-doubt.
Robert Sheckley quotes: Number 402, your name is Will Barrent. Age 27, blood type O-L3, Index JX-221-R. Guilty of murder. Number 402, your name is Will Barrent. Age 27, blood type O-L3, Index JX-221-R. Guilty of murder.
Robert Sheckley quotes: 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. 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 quotes: I knew I was doing something right because it was selling so I didn't want to interfere with it. I knew I was doing something right because it was selling so I didn't want to interfere with it.
Robert Sheckley quotes: The British audience was very important to me. I have always looked away from American to non-American audiences and so this was important. 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 quotes: Ethical and questions of philosophy interest me a great deal. Ethical and questions of philosophy interest me a great deal.
Robert Sheckley quotes: The aim of intelligence is to put the whole goddamned human race out of work. The aim of intelligence is to put the whole goddamned human race out of work.

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