Bob Shaw Quotations

I write science fiction for people who don't read a great deal of science fiction.

The universe is wonderful, but only when there is somebody there to wonder at it.

I was utterly without worldly ambition because I knew that all that was needed for a rich, full life was a few shillings a week with which to buy SF magazines and beer.

He was a hard worker. He was one of those guys you could count on. Eight o'clock in the morning or 10 o'clock at night he would drop everything and be right there.

Don't think that doesn't come up when I talk to the Kiwanis or Rotary Club, ... I beat Koufax in the Series. How many people can say that?

It was a wonderful thing to see the guys again,

They wanted me for short relief, ... I joined them in St. Louis and they promptly lost seven in a row. I never pitched because they were never ahead.

They were two good quality guys, you can ask most anybody around here. Last week before the crash and they would have told you the same thing.

And I started it all. I threw the home-run ball.