“Tragedies such as Nevil Shute's 'On the Beach' and Stanley Kubrick's '...” — David Brin Quote

“Tragedies such as Nevil Shute's 'On the Beach' and Stanley Kubrick's 'Dr Strangelove' are so powerful because there's an underlying assumption that this did not have to happen. It is empowering.”

“Anything done in secret is more likely to result in terrible errors.”

“Science fiction is the field that explores how change can affect us, for well or ill.”

“There's this unspoken assumption when you're the child of a doctor that nothing is ever wrong with you - or at least nothing horrendous enough to warrant your father leaving work.”

“I think that's created a healthy environment. The comparisons to 'ER' were maddening and there was this assumption that the two of us were looking at each other with rage and resentment, which was also not the case.”

“Cutoff culture,' 'the friendzone:' these are just neologisms used by men to mask or soften the reality that they have been - and have the right to be - rejected by women. They're attitudes stemming from the assumption that men are owed something by women.”