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

Quote by Theodore Sturgeon

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There was so much that you could do, instead of looking for things that you...

There was so much that you could do, instead of looking for things that you...

I feel angry that I can't be hypnotized. I'm not putting it down, and I'm...

I feel angry that I can't be hypnotized. I'm not putting it down, and I'm...

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

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

Here's the point to be made - there are no synonyms. There are no two...

Here's the point to be made - there are no synonyms. There are no two...

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.

There are people who have tremendously important things to say, but they say it so...

There are people who have tremendously important things to say, but they say it so...

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

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

Once I had all the facts in, I found I didn't have the immoral courage...

Once I had all the facts in, I found I didn't have the immoral courage...

I've always written very tightly, and there's a good reason for that. There's no point...

I've always written very tightly, and there's a good reason for that. There's no point...

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

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

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

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

My wife is beginning to instruct me on means to retrieve dreams, and bit by...

My wife is beginning to instruct me on means to retrieve dreams, and bit by...

You don't sit up in a cave and write the Great American Novel and know...

You don't sit up in a cave and write the Great American Novel and know...

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

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

As far as hypnosis is concerned, I had a very serious problem when I was...

As far as hypnosis is concerned, I had a very serious problem when I was...

You must write to the people's expertise.

You must write to the people's expertise.

Create a world in which these things do or do not exist, or in which...

Create a world in which these things do or do not exist, or in which...

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

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

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

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

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

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