Alfred Bester
Alfred Bester
Alfred Besterwas an American science fiction author, TV and radio scriptwriter, magazine editor and scripter for comic strips and comic books. Though successful in all these fields, he is best remembered for his science fiction, including The Demolished Man, winner of the inaugural Hugo Award in 1953...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth18 December 1913
CountryUnited States of America
fool extravagance enjoy
The whole point of extravagance is to act like a fool and feel like a fool, but enjoy it.
sometimes natural
We always do what's natural, only sometimes we shouldn't do it.
obvious ability intellect
Intellect is the ability to avoid belaboring the obvious.
damn-you people together
Damn you!" Dagenham raged, "Don't you realize that you can't trust people? They don't know enough for their own good." "Then let them learn or die. We're all in this together. Let's live or die together.
robots free-will said
That's me," he said, motioning to the robot. "That's all of us. We prattle about free will, but we're nothing but response...mechanical reaction in prescribed grooves.
men giving priorities
The man who gives his own decisions priority over society is a criminal.
real levels lows
It's obvious we can't all be a Gully Foyle, but most of us energize at such a low level, so far short of our real capabilities, we could all be more, do more.
silly fiction nonsense
Most science fiction, quite frankly, is silly nonsense.
betrayal matter defense
no matter how we defend ourselves against the outside we're always licked by something from the inside. There‟s no defense against betrayal, and we all betray ourselves.
anger said tension
Tenser, said the Tensor. Tension, apprehension, and dissension have begun.
challenges dies
I challenge you, me. Die or live and be great.
fifteen fifty wanted
If you can have everything at fifty that you wanted when you were fifteen, you're happy.
age freak century
This was an age of extremes, a fascinating century of freaks... but nobody loved it.
people life-and-death dying
I've handed life and death back to the people who do the living and the dying.