Paul Di Filippo quotes
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“As many authors have said, if the writer is not surprised by events, then chances are that the reader will not be either, and grow bored.”
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“That was asking a lot of my readers, I realized, but I was trying to write the novel I would most enjoy decoding.”
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“What had happened was this. When still young, I had gotten the idea from somewhere that I might be able to write... Maybe the deadly notion came from liking to read so much. Maybe I was in love with the image of being a writer. Whatever. It had been a really bad idea. Because I couldn't write, at least not by the bluntly and frequently expressed standards of anyone in a position to offer any encouragement and feedback.”
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“The clock indicates the moment-but what does eternity indicate?”
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“Science fiction at its best should be crazy and dangerous, not sane and safe.”
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“The emotional tone or affect of the tale should be hot and engaged, not remote and dispassionate.”
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“Its a heartening fact about the human race that utopian fiction precedes dystopian fiction in the evolution of literature.”
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“Immensely clever and libidinously hilarious.The most astonishing thing about Love in a Dead Language is its ingenious construction. Insofar as any printed volume can lay claim to being a multimedia work, this book earns that distinction.”
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“Every new generation of SF writers remakes cyberpunk - a genre often laced with dystopian subtexts - in its own image.”
-- Paul Di Filippo
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“How can you get bored if the audience is cheering and laughing at something you're doing?”
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Source : "Beastie Boys: 'We can't make new music' and may never play live again" by Sean Michaels, www.theguardian.com. June 3, 2014.
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“Whilst there's a competition still on we're still a chance,”
Source : "Tendulkar hogs limelight in Sydney". www.cnn.com. January 3, 2004.
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Source : Aidan Chambers (2012). “Dying to Know You”, p.189, Abrams
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