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

Quote by Larry Niven

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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'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.

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 do suspect that privacy was a passing fad.

I do suspect that privacy was a passing fad.

I've got five or six unpublished stories kicking around looking for somebody to buy them.

I've got five or six unpublished stories kicking around looking for somebody to buy them.

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...

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.

I love superconductors.

I love superconductors.

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...

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'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.

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...

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...

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.

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.

Treat your life like something to be sculpted.

Treat your life like something to be sculpted.

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...

Everything starts as somebody's daydream.

Everything starts as somebody's daydream.

I don't have a strong interest in history.

I don't have a strong interest in history.