David Brin Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Change is the principal feature of our age and literature should explore how people deal with it. The best science fiction does that, head-on.”

“I like to be surprised. Fresh implications and plot twists erupt as a story unfolds. Characters develop backgrounds, adding depth and feeling. Writing feels like exploring.”

“I would normally never set out to write a trilogy.”

“Anyone who wants simple, pat stories should buy another author's product. The real universe ain't that way, and neither are my fictive ones.”

“Fortunately, human beings are remarkably diverse models to work from.”

“My education and background thoroughly inform my writing.”

“Predicting has a spotty record in science fiction. I've had some failures. On the other hand, I also predicted the fall of the Berlin Wall and the rise of fundamentalist Islam... and I'm not happy to be right in all of those cases.”

“She had called in the debt that parents owe a child for bringing her, unasked, into a strange world. One should never make an offer without knowing full well what will happen if it is accepted.”

“I find humans tremendously interesting.”

“My first duty to write a gripping yarn. Second is to convey credible characters who make you feel what they feel. Only third comes the idea.”