The world that we live in isn’t uniform-looking, and the future that we’re headed toward isn’t uniform-looking. Laeta Kalogridis Read Quote
It was very, very important to me to represent a broader swath of humanity that often isn’t seen in futuristic sci-fi. Laeta Kalogridis Read Quote
To be a working writer is the holy grail, where you don’t have three other jobs on top of that. Laeta Kalogridis Read Quote
Like a lot of people, I sold my first script in graduate school at UCLA, a ‘Joan of Arc’ for producer Joel Silver. Laeta Kalogridis Read Quote
Violence in drama is an external contextualization of internal conflicts. Laeta Kalogridis Read Quote
On one hand, my gender has never been an issue. The issue has always been what’s on the page. But the reality is, an awful lot of women fought an awful lot of battles to get me to that place. Laeta Kalogridis Read Quote
Altered Carbon’ is one of the most seminal pieces of post-cyberpunk hard science fiction out there – a dark, complex noir story that challenges our ideas of what it means to be human when all information becomes encodable, including the human mind. Laeta Kalogridis Read Quote
Honestly, I would never say, ‘Oh, I’ve decided not to read ‘The Left Hand of Darkness’ because I’ve seen ‘Blade Runner.’ I’ve decided not to read ‘Neuromancer’ because I’ve seen ‘Blade Runner.” Laeta Kalogridis Read Quote