Silverberg Quotes

When we got this inquiry from Mr. Silverberg, we called London and we talked to the Royal Mail. We tracked it all the way to their incoming distribution site. It was accepted by the Royal Mail, and it's from there that the trail went cold. - Gary Sawtelle

People were deceived in a brutal way: playing the AIDS card to elicit support, money, connections. That is simply unacceptable. It is morally reprehensible. - Ira Silverberg

My temperament is not inclined toward more self-promotion than is absolutely necessary for my professional well-being. - Robert Silverberg

I've been in the midst of the SF scene for more than 50 years. And I think I owe it to historians of the field to set down, piecemeal though it may be, my recollections of the era through which I've passed. - Robert Silverberg

I thought they'd cast some interesting light on the beginning of my career, especially with the introductions I wrote for them. It was a real nostalgia trip, all right. As for picking the stories, I chose the ones that seemed still to stand up for modern readers, so long as they didn't expect state-of-the-art 21st-century narrative. - Robert Silverberg

At about the end of the first period, he [Silverberg] was getting tired on me. I was pumping so I took it to him. - Jonathan Willard

And meanwhile, the storytellers like me and Anderson, Silverberg... we tell stories. People like them. They want to know how it comes out, they want to know what the ending is. - Jerry Pournelle