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

Quote by Larry Niven

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Everything starts as somebody's daydream.

Everything starts as somebody's daydream.

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...

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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

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.

Treat your life like something to be sculpted.

Treat your life like something to be sculpted.

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 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.

I do suspect that privacy was a passing fad.

I do suspect that privacy was a passing fad.

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 do not believe they've run out of surprises.

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

I've got five or six unpublished stories kicking around looking for somebody to buy them.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

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...