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Theodore Sturgeon quotes: Anybody can do anything he wants to if he wants to do it badly enough.

Anybody can do anything he wants to if he wants to do it badly enough.

Theodore Sturgeon quotes: Sometimes I sets and thinks, and sometimes I just sets.

Sometimes I sets and thinks, and sometimes I just sets.

Theodore Sturgeon quotes: There's this about a farm: when the market's good there's money, and when it's bad there's food.

There's this about a farm: when the market's good there's money, and when it's bad there's food.

Theodore Sturgeon quotes: Writing is a communication.

Writing is a communication.

Theodore Sturgeon quotes: There was so much that you could do, instead of looking for things that you couldn't do.

There was so much that you could do, instead of looking for things that you couldn't do.

Theodore Sturgeon quotes: In science fiction, you can also test out your own realities.

In science fiction, you can also test out your own realities.

Theodore Sturgeon quotes: You must write to the people's expertise.

You must write to the people's expertise.

Theodore Sturgeon quotes: There are a lot of people who write very intensely about things they do not and cannot do.

There are a lot of people who write very intensely about things they do not and cannot do.

Theodore Sturgeon quotes: No man can rob successfully over a period of years without pleasing the people he robs.

No man can rob successfully over a period of years without pleasing the people he robs.

Theodore Sturgeon quotes: That's fairly common. We don't believe anything we don't want to believe.

That's fairly common. We don't believe anything we don't want to believe.

Theodore Sturgeon quotes: I've always written very tightly, and there's a good reason for that. There's no point in using words that you're not going to apply.

I've always written very tightly, and there's a good reason for that. There's no point in using words that you're not going to apply.

Theodore Sturgeon quotes: I find to my mixed astonishment that I do dream, but I didn't know it.

I find to my mixed astonishment that I do dream, but I didn't know it.

Theodore Sturgeon quotes: Why must we love where the lightning strikes, and not where we choose?

Why must we love where the lightning strikes, and not where we choose?

Theodore Sturgeon quotes: I learned how to live on five and sometimes ten dollars a week.

I learned how to live on five and sometimes ten dollars a week.

Theodore Sturgeon quotes: 90 percent of everything is crap.

90 percent of everything is crap.

Theodore Sturgeon quotes: Among the many things it meant was that even to loneliness there is an end, for those who are lonely enough, long enough.

Among the many things it meant was that even to loneliness there is an end, for those who are lonely enough, long enough.

Theodore Sturgeon quotes: The story of my very first sale is the fact that I dreamed up a foolproof paper to cheat an insurance company out of several hundred thousand dollars.

The story of my very first sale is the fact that I dreamed up a foolproof paper to cheat an insurance company out of several hundred thousand dollars.

Theodore Sturgeon quotes: They say dogs ignore their reflections in mirrors because they can't smell them. Dogs, unlike people, are not fooled by what they see.

They say dogs ignore their reflections in mirrors because they can't smell them. Dogs, unlike people, are not fooled by what they see.

Theodore Sturgeon quotes: An ethic isn't a fact you can look up. It's a way of thinking.

An ethic isn't a fact you can look up. It's a way of thinking.

Theodore Sturgeon quotes: It should consist of short, sharply focused sentences, each of which is a whole scene in itself.

It should consist of short, sharply focused sentences, each of which is a whole scene in itself.

Theodore Sturgeon quotes: My wife is beginning to instruct me on means to retrieve dreams, and bit by bit, it does seem to be working.

My wife is beginning to instruct me on means to retrieve dreams, and bit by bit, it does seem to be working.

Theodore Sturgeon quotes: The movers and shakers have always been obsessive nuts.

The movers and shakers have always been obsessive nuts.

Theodore Sturgeon quotes: Ask Baby can you be truly part of someone you love.""He says only if you love yourself.

Ask Baby can you be truly part of someone you love."
"He says only if you love yourself.

Theodore Sturgeon quotes: I quit my job, and went ashore to become a writer.

I quit my job, and went ashore to become a writer.

Theodore Sturgeon quotes: Do you know what morals are? Morals are an obedience to rules that people laid down to help you live among them.

Do you know what morals are? Morals are an obedience to rules that people laid down to help you live among them.

Theodore Sturgeon quotes: For years, I thought I simply didn't dream. I felt left out. Everybody else had a thing I didn't have.

For years, I thought I simply didn't dream. I felt left out. Everybody else had a thing I didn't have.

Theodore Sturgeon quotes: The first writing I did was short short stories for a newspaper syndicate for which I was paid five dollars a piece on publication.

The first writing I did was short short stories for a newspaper syndicate for which I was paid five dollars a piece on publication.

Theodore Sturgeon quotes: He had an animal's maturity, in which the play of kittens and puppies no longer has a function. His spectrum lay between terror and contentment.

He had an animal's maturity, in which the play of kittens and puppies no longer has a function. His spectrum lay between terror and contentment.

Theodore Sturgeon quotes: There is no way of writing stories that I haven't done.

There is no way of writing stories that I haven't done.

Theodore Sturgeon quotes: God," he cries, dying on Mars, "God, we made it!

God," he cries, dying on Mars, "God, we made it!

Theodore Sturgeon quotes: Let me tell you something: you can not write good fiction about ideas. You can only write good fiction about people.

Let me tell you something: you can not write good fiction about ideas. You can only write good fiction about people.

Theodore Sturgeon quotes: When you combine something to say with the skill to say it properly, then you've got a good writer.

When you combine something to say with the skill to say it properly, then you've got a good writer.

Theodore Sturgeon quotes: I have lived most of my life with the conviction that I don't dream, because I never could retrieve a dream.

I have lived most of my life with the conviction that I don't dream, because I never could retrieve a dream.

Theodore Sturgeon quotes: We are now in a position to determine just what sort of science fiction story this really is.

We are now in a position to determine just what sort of science fiction story this really is.

Theodore Sturgeon quotes: As far as I'm concerned, I didn't dream - ever.

As far as I'm concerned, I didn't dream - ever.

Theodore Sturgeon quotes: I wrote the very first stories in science fiction which dealt with homosexuality, The World Well Lost and Affair With a Green Monkey.

I wrote the very first stories in science fiction which dealt with homosexuality, The World Well Lost and Affair With a Green Monkey.

Theodore Sturgeon quotes: Fiction is very important to me. It's what I do, it's what I do with my life.

Fiction is very important to me. It's what I do, it's what I do with my life.

Theodore Sturgeon quotes: When I can't do something, this always impels me to study it.

When I can't do something, this always impels me to study it.

Theodore Sturgeon quotes: Nothing is always absolutely so

Nothing is always absolutely so

Theodore Sturgeon quotes: Basically, fiction is people. You can't write fiction about ideas.

Basically, fiction is people. You can't write fiction about ideas.

Theodore Sturgeon quotes: I write a story as if it were a letter to someone and essentially, that's what you do.

I write a story as if it were a letter to someone and essentially, that's what you do.

Theodore Sturgeon quotes: Science fiction, outside of poetry, is the only literary field which has no limits, no parameters whatsoever.

Science fiction, outside of poetry, is the only literary field which has no limits, no parameters whatsoever.

Theodore Sturgeon quotes: An old-shoe lover loves loving old shoes.

An old-shoe lover loves loving old shoes.

Theodore Sturgeon quotes: Sturgeons Revelation: 90% of everything is crap

Sturgeons Revelation: 90% of everything is crap

Theodore Sturgeon quotes: There are people who have tremendously important things to say, but they say it so poorly that nobody would ever want to read it.

There are people who have tremendously important things to say, but they say it so poorly that nobody would ever want to read it.

Theodore Sturgeon quotes: If All Men Were Brothers, Would You Let One Marry Your Sister?

If All Men Were Brothers, Would You Let One Marry Your Sister?

Theodore Sturgeon quotes: The novels were all right for a while until she found out that most of them were like the movies - all about the pretty ones who really own the

The novels were all right for a while until she found out that most of them were like the movies - all about the pretty ones who really own the world.

Theodore Sturgeon quotes: Logic and truth are two very different things, but they often look the same to the mind that's performing the logic.

Logic and truth are two very different things, but they often look the same to the mind that's performing the logic.

Theodore Sturgeon quotes: 90% of everything is crap.

90% of everything is crap.

Theodore Sturgeon quotes: Fear is a survival instinct; fear in its way is a comfort for it means that somewhere hope is alive.

Fear is a survival instinct; fear in its way is a comfort for it means that somewhere hope is alive.

Theodore Sturgeon quotes: You write a story about loneliness, and you grab them all because everybody's an expert on that one.

You write a story about loneliness, and you grab them all because everybody's an expert on that one.

Theodore Sturgeon quotes: Ask the next question.

Ask the next question.

Theodore Sturgeon quotes: Here's the point to be made - there are no synonyms. There are no two words that mean exactly the same thing.

Here's the point to be made - there are no synonyms. There are no two words that mean exactly the same thing.

Theodore Sturgeon quotes: I teach writing courses and first of all, I teach my students what prosody is.

I teach writing courses and first of all, I teach my students what prosody is.

Theodore Sturgeon quotes: Inner space is so much more interesting, because outer space is so empty.

Inner space is so much more interesting, because outer space is so empty.

Theodore Sturgeon quotes: It's the Simple things that are really effective. Try to remember that.

It's the Simple things that are really effective. Try to remember that.

Theodore Sturgeon quotes: Morals: They're nothing but a coded survival instinct!

Morals: They're nothing but a coded survival instinct!

Theodore Sturgeon quotes: Ninety percent of everything is crap.

Ninety percent of everything is crap.

Theodore Sturgeon quotes: Sitting there most of the night," she said, "I had a crazy kind of image. Do you think two sick twisted 'trees ever made bonsai out of one another?

Sitting there most of the night," she said, "I had a crazy kind of image. Do you think two sick twisted 'trees ever made bonsai out of one another?