Bruce Sterling is one terrific writer and he's relatively new, but I don't know how long he's been doing it; he probably doesn't need the publicity anymore!

Quote by Larry Niven

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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.

Everything starts as somebody's daydream.

Everything starts as somebody's daydream.

Treat your life like something to be sculpted.

Treat your life like something to be sculpted.

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

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

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 love superconductors.

I love superconductors.

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...

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

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

Anything beats an expensive stack of paper.

Anything beats an expensive stack of paper.

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...

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.

In hindsight it may even seem inevitable that a socialist society will starve when it...

In hindsight it may even seem inevitable that a socialist society will starve when it...

I've got five or six unpublished stories kicking around looking for somebody to buy them.

I've got five or six unpublished stories kicking around looking for somebody to buy them.

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.

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

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

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.

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...

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...