Merril Quotes

#1. Starting on February 1, 2010, and running through until May 30, I will be Toronto Public Library's Writer in Residence, working out of the Merril Collection of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Speculation at the Lillian H. Smith branch at College and Spadina.

Karl Schroeder

#2. And what did last? I last, she thought. Yes, i have lasted. But for what?

Ernest Hemingway,

#3. There are not two cultures, only half-cultured individuals

Judith Merril

#4. We only really learn in conversation after sex.

Judith Merril

#5. Why is it that those who are the most concerned with manners rarely have any themselves?

Heidi Schulz

#6. Science fiction is not necessarily either fiction or anything to do with science.

Judith Merril

#7. We have met the Alien and it is us.

Judith Merril

#8. With cancer, there's always that doubt-that unknown. The only thing you can do is be positive.

Merril Hoge

#9. Those are fun, especially if they're going to shoot them in four weeks, because you know they're not going to mess with anything you do, so it can be very imaginative.

John Sayles

#10. When I was a single, working mom with a newborn, I learned just how vital it is to have comprehensive, affordable health care.

Claire McCaskill

#11. There's nothing wrong with technology. It's when technology is the story and not the artist, that's the problem.

Billy Corgan

#12. I want to touch you and kiss you, frequently, and I want you
" he shifted on his feet as though steadying himself then his hand reached out; he stepped closer and he cupped my cheek in his palm, "I want you to touch me.

Penny Reid

#13. Canadian is both harder and easier to explain. Nobody knows what it is even supposed to be, let far-out-alone what it actually is.

Judith Merril

#14. I'm actually part of a number of minorities. I grew up being a horribly awkward kid. A terrible student. And now I find myself as a filmmaker, and you feel kind of alone in the world because you're separate from everyone else.

Bryan Singer