125 Quotes by Robert J. Sawyer

The standard model of particle physics says that the universe consists of a very small number of particles, 12, and a very small number of forces, four. If we're correct about those 12 particles and those four forces and understand how they interact, properly, we have the recipe for baking up a universe.

A short story is one idea; a novel is a whole soup of them.

Everything is cross-platform now. That's part of the reality that we live in - a multifaceted, multimedia world - and I'm delighted to be a part of that.

There's always been a quality to being a science-fiction reader. Usually, you're the only one in your class, or there are only one or two in your whole town. You're always the guy who reads that strange stuff.

You have to have confidence in where you're going. Don't live and die by the fans' tweets.

I think most people are indifferent in their evaluation of what is good or bad.

Psychopathy might lurk behind the mask of sanity.

Bradbury was the one guy who was published in places like the 'Saturday Evening Post.' He was the guy who brought science fiction to the masses. If he hadn't existed, science fiction would have been a well-kept secret in literature instead of a widely consumed phenomenon.

A short story is the shortest distance between two points; a novel is the scenic route.