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"The most tragic thing about the future is that it may not come into being!"
"The future came and went in the mildly discouraging way that futures do."
"In the future, torture will once again become the recreational sport of the rich."
"When your dream comes true, have another one! Your dream-box must never remain empty!"
"Simeon had to agree that his future plans, although quite grand, were like pictures painted in fog. Nothing he could put his finger on. No dream ever remained unchanged long enough to take on any weight or substance, just a notion of something better waiting for him somewhere in the future."
"Since the future is unknown, no path can take you to the known!"
"Future is an empty paper, but not absolutely empty; the shadows of the drawings of the past is there, on the paper!"
Explore more quotes by John M. Ford
"I don't think anyone wants a reader to be completely lost - certainly not to the point of giving up - but there's something to be said for a book that isn't instantly disposable, that rewards a second reading."
"People tell me they laughed hard enough to wake their spouses, that they've given away numerous copies to friends, and that it's the one Trek book they'll give to people they wouldn't expect to like others."
"I'm very happy that the New York Times has spoken well of my stuff; who wouldn't be? But it's not a choice I made."
"Naturally, the reader has access only to the events I show and the way I show them, but as has been said, there's generally a good deal of ambiguity in that presentation."
"There are readers who want every point to be clearly and unambiguously set forth, and there are those who want to pry ideas and meanings out for themselves."
"There are people who believe in an absolutely transparent prose; with every respect for clarity of expression, I don't."
"At one point I intended to write precursor and sequel novels, about the establishment of the Web and its next evolution, but I am very unlikely to now; they would take place in a different universe."
"The language fictional characters use is chosen for effect, at least if the author is concentrating."
"Well, it's an adventure story, and a Bildungsroman, of course, but there was also the intention to describe a culture that had been seen in rather narrow terms."
"The ideal, it seems to me, is to show things happening and allow the reader to decide what they mean."
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