This is the first age that's ever paid much attention to the future, which is a little ironic since we may not have one.

This is the first age that's ever paid much attention to the future, which is a little ironic since we may not have one.

I am an optimist. Anyone interested in the future has to be otherwise he would simply shoot himself.

There's no real objection to escapism, in the right places... We all want to escape occasionally. But science fiction is often very far from escapism, in fact you might say that science fiction is escape into reality... It's a fiction which does concern itself with real issues: the origin of man; our future. In fact I can't think of any form of literature which is more concerned with real issues, reality.

The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion.

It may be that our role on this planet is not to worship God - but to create him.