"The cynical part of the answer is that I expect to see a good deal more space opera, set far enough in the future as to be disconnected from contemporary issues."

Future, Opera, Space

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"The cynical part of the answer is that I expect to see a good deal more space opera, set far enough in the future as to be disconnected from contemporary issues."

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"In the future, torture will once again become the recreational sport of the rich."

Doug Coupland, Canadian Author

Future, Will

"Optimism is a strategy for making a better future. Because unless you believe that the future can be better, you are unlikely to step up and take responsibility for making it so."

Noam Chomsky, American Activist

Future, Optimism, Responsibility, Change

"The future and eternity are two entirely different things."

Doug Coupland, Canadian Author

Future, Eternity

"You have to change your thinking if you desire to have a future different from your present."

Germany Kent, Roman Soldier

Future, Change, Thought, Mindset

"Don't waste our children's future on man's past."

Anthony T. Hincks, British Writer

Future, Children, Hope, Responsibility

"Whoever neglects the arts when he is young has lost the past and is dead to the future."

Sophocles, Greek Poet

Future, Past

"The future is no more uncertain than the present."

Walt Whitman, American Poet

Future, Present

"Only God knows the future and that we are to look to Him-not to the stars or the tea leaves or the lines on the palms of our hands-for our confidence in the future."

Billy Graham, American Clergyman

Future, Trust, Divine, Prediction

"Whenever I look at the masses, I feel one day the earth will certainly explode."

M.F. Moonzajer, Afghan Author

Future, Earth, Fear

"In the future, man will be able to create an artificial Sun which is very similar to the Sun in the sky that was once upon a time worshipped as a god!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

Future, Inspirational, Truth, Power

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"Sometimes the reader will decide something else than the author's intent; this is certainly true of attempts to empirically decipher reality."

Reality

"The language fictional characters use is chosen for effect, at least if the author is concentrating."

Writing

"The ideal, it seems to me, is to show things happening and allow the reader to decide what they mean."

Reading

"If I were to write Web now, it would be a much, much darker book."

Now

"Creating the fictional background for a game world isn't significantly different from creating a background for fiction."

Fiction

"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."

Choice

"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."

Adventure

"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."

Reading

"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."

Writing

"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."

Creativity