Michael Crichton - biography

“Historically, the claim of consensus has been the first refuge of scoundrels; it is a way to avoid debate by claiming that the matter is already settled.”

“The belief that there are other life forms in the universe is a matter of faith.  There is not a single shred of evidence for any other life forms, and in forty years of searching, none has been discovered.  There is absolutely no evidentiary reason to maintain this belief.”

“Books aren’t written - they’re rewritten.  Including your own.  It is one of the hardest things to accept, especially after the seventh rewrite hasn’t quite done it.”

“We all live every day in virtual environments, defined by our ideas.”

“In the information society, nobody thinks.  We expect to banish paper, but we actually banish thought.”

“Readers probably haven’t heard much about it yet, but they will.  Quantum technology turns ordinary reality upside down.”

“I am certain there is too much certainty in the world.”

“I tended to faint when I saw accident victims in the emergency ward, during surgery, or while drawing blood.”

“It’s not easy to cut through a human head with a hacksaw.”

“They are focused on whether they can do something.  They never think whether they should do something.”

“Whenever you hear the consensus of scientists agrees on something or other, reach for your wallet, because you’re being had.”

Michael Crichton directed the following films:
Westworld (1973)
Coma (1978)
The First Great Train Robbery (1979)
Looker (1981)
Runaway (1984)
Physical Evidence (1989)
The 13th Warrior (1999)


Michael Crichton contributed to the screenplay for the following films:
The Andromeda Strain (1971)
The Carey Treatment (1972)
Westworld (1973)
The Terminal Man (1974)
Coma (1978)
The First Great Train Robbery (1979)
Looker (1981)
Runaway (1984)
Jurassic Park (1993)
Rising Sun (1993)
Disclosure (1994)
Congo (1995)
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
Sphere (1998)
The 13th Warrior (1999)
Jurassic Park III (2001)
Timeline (2003)