Theodore Sturgeon

Theodore Sturgeon - US science fiction author. (Sturgeon was a pen name - his real name was Edward Hamilton Waldo)

two famous quotes of his:

• "Ninety percent of everything is crap" - known as Sturgeon's Law
• "The task of a fiction writer is not to write stories, but to write true things that have never happened."

Note: this second quote is not exact, but a memory. Please replace with the exact quote if found...

Notable books include:

• More than Human
• The Dreaming Jewels

He wrote the screenplay for the Star Trek episode 'Amok Time'