Robert Collins > Robert's Quotes

“We're all stories, in the end.”
― Steven Moffat

“Science fiction is the most important literature in the history of the world, because it's the history of ideas, the history of our civilization birthing itself. ...Science fiction is central to everything we've ever done, and people who make fun of science fiction writers don't know what they're talking about.”
― Ray Bradbury

“Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a soldier is imprisioned by the enemy, don't we consider it his duty to escape?. . .If we value the freedom of mind and soul, if we're partisans of liberty, then it's our plain duty to escape, and to take as many people with us as we can!”
― J.R.R. Tolkien

“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, It's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, And that enables you to laugh at life's realities.”
― Dr. Seuss

“The Kansas state motto, "Ad astra per aspera" - To the stars through difficulties. ”
― Charles J. Shields, Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee

“Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore.”
― L. Frank Baum

“Don't you wish you had a job like mine? All you have to do is think up a certain number of words! Plus, you can repeat words! And they don't even have to be true!”
― Dave Barry

“Remember to always be yourself. Unless you suck.”
― Joss Whedon

“Don't Panic.”
― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy