Larry Niven Quotes
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The dinosaurs became extinct because they didn’t have a space program. And if we become extinct because we don’t have a space program, it’ll serve us right! (Larry Niven Quotes)
We follow the scientists around and look over their shoulders. They’re watching their feet: provable mistakes are bad for them. We’re looking as far ahead as we can, and we don’t get penalized for mistakes (Larry Niven Quotes)
That’s the thing about people who think they hate computers. What they really hate is lousy programmers (Larry Niven Quotes)
You learn by writing short stories. Keep writing short stories. The money’s in novels, but writing short stories keeps your writing lean and pointed (Larry Niven Quotes)
Boredom is my worst enemy. It’s killed a lot of my friends, but it won’t get me. When I get bored, I go risk my life somewhere (Larry Niven Quotes)
Hopeless causes are the only ones worth fighting for. The fight for the taxpayer is the most hopeless of them all (Larry Niven Quotes)
Consider the true picture. Think of myriads of tiny bubbles, very sparsely scattered, rising through a vast black sea. We rule some of the bubbles. Of the waters we know nothing (Larry Niven Quotes)
The reader has certain rights. He bought your story. Think of this as an implicit contract. He’s entitled to be entertained, instructed, amused; maybe all three. If he quits in the middle, or puts the book down feeling his time has been wasted, you’re in violation (Larry Niven Quotes)
I have a kind of psychic invisibility. As long as I can stay scared, I can keep people from seeing me. That’s what we have to count on (Larry Niven Quotes)
Seen through the glow of a building orgasm, a woman seems to blaze with angelic glory (Larry Niven Quotes)
We’ve fallen way behind. Building one space station for everyone was and is insane: we should have built a dozen (Larry Niven Quotes)