Science fiction is about things that plausibly might happen. Grounding my work in the real world helps make that clear. Robert J. Sawyer Read Quote
I started wondering why it is that people line up behind charismatic leaders. It’s easy to understand the emergence of a figure who’s narcissistic and compelling. But why people follow this person mindlessly – that was the hard question to me. Robert J. Sawyer Read Quote
I’m much more interested in writing about the things that engage and enrage me as an adult rather than in wallowing in childhood sorrows. Robert J. Sawyer Read Quote
Science fiction has never been about the future; it’s always been about the present day whether it’s Victorian England that Wells was writing about or the post-9/11 era that I’m writing about. Robert J. Sawyer Read Quote
George Orwell’s science-fiction classic ‘Nineteen Eighty-Four’ wasn’t a failure because the future it predicted failed to come to pass. Rather, it was a resounding success because it helped us prevent that future. Robert J. Sawyer Read Quote
We absolutely do some of the best science in the world in Canada, across a broad spectrum of disciplines: quantum computing in Waterloo, paleontology in Alberta, neuroscience at the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health in Vancouver, and many more. Robert J. Sawyer Read Quote
Science fiction has always been a means for political comment. H.G. Wells’ ‘The War of the Worlds’ wasn’t about a Martian invasion – it was a critique of British colonialism, and… ‘The Time Machine’ is really an indictment of the British class system. Robert J. Sawyer Read Quote
I think most people are indifferent in their evaluation of what is good or bad. Robert J. Sawyer Read Quote
I’ve long said that if Canada has a role on the world stage, it’s principally as a role model, a demonstration that people of all types can get together and live in peace and harmony, which is something we really do most of the time here. Robert J. Sawyer Read Quote
