William Gibson Quotes & Sayings (Page 7)

“I think the least important thing about science fiction for me is its predictive capacity.”

“Science fiction writers aren't fortune tellers. Fortune tellers are fakes.”

“My dream scenario would be that you could go into a bookshop, examine copies of every book in print that they're able to offer, then for a fee have them produce in a minute or two a beautiful finished copy in a dust jacket that you would pay for and take home.”

“I started writing short fiction very briefly, as I imagine is the case for some novelists.”

“Futurists get to a certain age and, as one does, they suddenly recognize their own mortality.”

“When I start writing a novel, I have no sense of direction, no idea, really nothing.”

“I don't much live my life as if I was living in a Raymond Chandler novel, which is probably a good thing.”

“I'm not a computer guy. I'm like an anthropologist. I'm fascinated with people's obsessions. I've learned to wear them.”

“If I write something set 60 years in the future, I am going to have to explain how humanity got there, and that's becoming quite a big job.”

“In the early '80s, I happened to find myself in the vicinity of people who would work for Microsoft five years later.”