John Sladek : (3) " I started writing, or rather, thinking, stories as a child, and at that time the reason was very clear. " - John Sladek " The future, according to some scientists, will be exactly like the past, only far more expensive. " - John Sladek " We didn’t have a phone when I was a kid, and I was too shy to smash any public phones, and our town didn’t have a pool hall either, so I had to hang out at the public library – and anyway, I told myself stories. " - John Sladek