“Imagination is like a muscle. I found out that the more I wrote, the bigger it got.””
Quotes by Philip José Farmer
“Dullard: Someone who looks up a thing in the encyclopedia, turns directly to the entry, reads it, and then closes the book.””
“It was the essence of life to disbelieve in death for one's self, to act as if life would continue forever. And life had to act also as if little issues were big ones. To take a realistic attitude toward life and death meant that one lapsed into unreality. Into insanity. It was ironic that the only way to keep one's sanity was to ignore that one was in an insane world or to act as if the world were sane.””
“The truth is that Trout, like Vonnegut and Ray Bradbury and many others, writes parables. These are set in frames which have become called, for no good reason, science fiction. A better generic term would be 'future fairy tales'. And even this is objectionable, since many science fiction stories take place in the present or the past, far and near.””
“This story is about love, which means that it is also about hate.””
“It was a shameful thing that she had nothing of which to be ashamed.””
Philip José FarmerPhilip José Farmer was an influential American science fiction and fantasy writer known for his imaginative storytelling and innovative concepts. He gained prominence in the 1950s with works such as '...