And every friend I've got has been writing Mars stories. It was pretty clear I'd never catch up.

Quote by Larry Niven

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I never got good at predicting what millions of people will suddenly decide is rational.

I never got good at predicting what millions of people will suddenly decide is rational.

Anything beats an expensive stack of paper.

Anything beats an expensive stack of paper.

We're looking as far ahead as we can, and we don't get penalized for mistakes.

We're looking as far ahead as we can, and we don't get penalized for mistakes.

I do not believe they've run out of surprises.

I do not believe they've run out of surprises.

In general, I don't know when inspiration will pop up.

In general, I don't know when inspiration will pop up.

Everything starts as somebody's daydream.

Everything starts as somebody's daydream.

I do suspect that privacy was a passing fad.

I do suspect that privacy was a passing fad.

Building one space station for everyone was and is insane: we should have built a...

Building one space station for everyone was and is insane: we should have built a...

I don't have a strong interest in history.

I don't have a strong interest in history.

SF isn't a genre; SF is the matrix in which genres are embedded, and because...

SF isn't a genre; SF is the matrix in which genres are embedded, and because...

The human species really could have faced global thermonuclear war. During seventy years of Cold...

The human species really could have faced global thermonuclear war. During seventy years of Cold...

We need to take command of the solar system to gain that wealth, and to...

We need to take command of the solar system to gain that wealth, and to...

I've got five or six unpublished stories kicking around looking for somebody to buy them.

I've got five or six unpublished stories kicking around looking for somebody to buy them.

I'm not predicting; I just love playing with superconductors.

I'm not predicting; I just love playing with superconductors.

Mother Nature doesn't care if you're having fun.

Mother Nature doesn't care if you're having fun.

But... watching Steven Barnes taught me to treat my life like an art form.

But... watching Steven Barnes taught me to treat my life like an art form.

As for AIDS, it's a plague. We are human, we get plagues. They come along...

As for AIDS, it's a plague. We are human, we get plagues. They come along...

Treat your life like something to be sculpted.

Treat your life like something to be sculpted.

I'd repair our education system or replace it with something that works.

I'd repair our education system or replace it with something that works.

I'd visit the near future, close enough that someone might want to talk to Larry...

I'd visit the near future, close enough that someone might want to talk to Larry...