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22 quotes by Samuel R. Delany

Samuel Ray Delany, Jr. (/dəˈleɪni/; born April 1, 1942), Chip Delany to his friends, is an American author, professor and literary critic. His work includes fiction (especially science fiction), memoir, criticism, and essays on sexuality and society. His science fiction novels include Babel-17, The Einstein Intersection (winners of the Nebula Award for 1966 and 1967 respectively), Nova, Dhalgren, and the Return to Nevèrÿon series. After winning...
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Science fiction isn't just thinking about the world out there. It's also thinking about how that world might be - a particularly important... →

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Linguistics is very much a science. It's a human science, one of the human sciences. And it's one of the more interesting human sciences.

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All too often, when creative people pick out someone else's creative work as an inspiration, what they end up with is very, very far from the... →

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I want to read about a character doing something fairly quiet where I can picture who the character is, and what their attitude towards the world is... →

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I think of myself as someone who thinks largely through writing. Thus I write more than most people, and I write in many different forms. I think of... →

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I think a 23-page ordinary comic is an investment for the artist, but if you're doing something 60 to 104 pages, that's a really big... →

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'Dhalgren' is the kind of book in which you can look for pretty much anything you want. I tried to put as much into it as I could at the time.

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From 1968 on, I was pretty much the black, gay SF writer.

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I think of myself as a very lazy writer, though other people see it differently.

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I took my writing seriously, and it seemed to pay off.

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A number of things in 'Dhalgren' are just meant to function as mysteries. They're mysteries when the book begins, and they're... →

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How we treat our invalids - our mad, our physically or mentally compromised family members - does tell you something about who we are politically... →

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The idea that certain things in life - and in the universe - don't yield up their secrets is something that requires a slightly more mature... →

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