#uf

It's kind of a misnomer about science fiction that science fiction is about anything other than people. It's about people doing stuff, sometimes doing extraordinary stuff. ↗

— Greg Bear

#anything #doing #extraordinary #fiction #kind

In Hollywood there's no real material. They would send me stuff, but I hadn't even seen the director. If I don't see the director's eyes, I'm not going. I'm not even going to pack my bags. ↗

— Emmanuelle Beart

#director #even #eyes #going #hadn

And partly, the worst thing you could do in my family was need something from someone. So physical strength represented an avenue of self-sufficiency to me. ↗

— Alison Bechdel

#could #family #me #need #partly

I never really read superhero stuff as a kid. ↗

— Alison Bechdel

#kid #never #read #really #stuff

I listen to a mixture of old jazz, contemporary, pop, some world beat stuff and various odds and ends. ↗

— Walter Becker

#contemporary #ends #i #jazz #listen

I believe in people, especially suffering people. ↗

— Pat Buckley

#especially #i #i believe #i believe in #people

I was a modest, good-humoured boy. It is Oxford that has made me insufferable. ↗

— Max Beerbohm

#good-humoured #i #insufferable #made #me

Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#common people #excellent #keeping #people #quiet

I love to go bungee jumping, jump out of planes, ride motorbikes, do kickboxing. I love all that stuff. ↗

— Catherine Bell

#i #i love #jump #jumping #kickboxing

When all the girls were getting all made up and getting into all that girl stuff in junior high I was out playing softball or touch football with the guys. ↗

— Catherine Bell

#getting #girl #guys #high #i