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

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.

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

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

I've got five or six unpublished stories kicking around looking for somebody to buy them.

I've got five or six unpublished stories kicking around looking for somebody to buy them.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

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 do not believe they've run out of surprises.

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

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.

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.

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...

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

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

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...

I love superconductors.

I love superconductors.

Anything beats an expensive stack of paper.

Anything beats an expensive stack of paper.

Treat your life like something to be sculpted.

Treat your life like something to be sculpted.

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

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

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...

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...

I don't have a strong interest in history.

I don't have a strong interest in history.

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 do suspect that privacy was a passing fad.

I do suspect that privacy was a passing fad.