As for AIDS, it's a plague. We are human, we get plagues. They come along every so often, kill off two thirds of the population; in the next generation it's a quarter; after that it's a childhood disease.

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

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

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.

I do suspect that privacy was a passing fad.

I do suspect that privacy was a passing fad.

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 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.

Bruce Sterling is one terrific writer and he's relatively new, but I don't know how...

Bruce Sterling is one terrific writer and he's relatively new, but I don't know how...

Treat your life like something to be sculpted.

Treat your life like something to be sculpted.

And every friend I've got has been writing Mars stories. It was pretty clear I'd...

And every friend I've got has been writing Mars stories. It was pretty clear I'd...

I've got five or six unpublished stories kicking around looking for somebody to buy them.

I've got five or six unpublished stories kicking around looking for somebody to buy them.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've spent a lot of my life among people brighter than myself.

I've spent a lot of my life among people brighter than myself.

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.

Everything starts as somebody's daydream.

Everything starts as somebody's daydream.

I love superconductors.

I love superconductors.

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...

My problem with new writers is that it takes me five or six years to...

My problem with new writers is that it takes me five or six years to...

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.

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...

We should not have assumed that a political space station could be built.

We should not have assumed that a political space station could be built.