“Science fiction is about things that plausibly might happen. Grounding...” — Robert J. Sawyer Quote

“Science fiction is about things that plausibly might happen. Grounding my work in the real world helps make that clear.”

“Social progress is a big thing for me. Although science fiction is traditionally concerned with the hard sciences, which is chemistry, physics, and, some might argue, biology, my father was and still is a social scientist at the University of Toronto.”

“When I first started, my novels were set in the far future.”

“Science fiction has always used metaphors and disguises, talking about alien civilizations or the future.”

“One of the standard story-generating engines for science fiction is to take something we normally think of as metaphoric and treat it as if it were literal.”

“A lot of people forget that the origin of science fiction in the U.S. was in the post-First World War period when there was a real interest to get people into technical careers.”

“I feel like theatre gives me the grounding, and keeps me alive, basically. Film gives me the thrill, and it's like a one night stand. But I do enjoy being around people who love it so much.”

“To have a stable relationship in this career, to have a grounding rock, is very important because the career is so tumultuous. It's nice to have some stability somewhere in your life.”

“I am only this successful because I'm so good at grounding myself.”

“I had a bit of a lazy streak to me, I had high opinions of myself without any real grounding reason to, I made a bit of television that did ok, and all of a sudden life was pretty relaxed for me.”

“I found going to school when I was modeling very grounding. It's really kept my perspective on bigger things in my life.”

“I have always said the Olympics was a great grounding for me, to have that pressure on top of me, the whole nation watching you in my own country.”