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David Brin Quotes
Above all, TRIBES is fun, and even kind of sexy... in that every round features an Opportunity for Reproduction, which is the main aim of the game, as it is in most of Nature. - David Brin Quotes
Anyone who wants simple, pat stories should buy another authors product. The real universe aint that way, and neither are my fictive ones. - David Brin Quotes
But honestly, if you do a rigorous survey of my work, Ill bet youll find that biology is a theme far more often than physical science. - David Brin Quotes
But it is a delightful challenge to try to depict interesting aliens. - David Brin Quotes
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. - David Brin Quotes
Fortunately, human beings are remarkably diverse models to work from. - David Brin Quotes
Gaia spins on, silently contemplating what it means to be born into a sarcastic universe. - David Brin Quotes
I find humans tremendously interesting. - David Brin Quotes
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. - David Brin Quotes
I would normally never set out to write a trilogy. - David Brin Quotes
In the book, America had already been weakened by bio terror plagues before waves of selfish violence took down the rest. But the real enemy was the kind of male human being who nurses fantasies of violent glory at the expense of his fellow citizens. - David Brin Quotes
It is said that power corrupts, but actually its more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power. - David Brin Quotes
My education and background thoroughly inform my writing. - David Brin Quotes
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. - David Brin Quotes
One of the rules I try to follow is that normal people are going to be involved even in heroic events. - David Brin Quotes
Only a knowledgeable, empowered and vocal citizenry can perform well in democracy. - David Brin Quotes
Predicting has a spotty record in science fiction. Ive had some failures. On the other hand, I also predicted the fall of the Berlin Wall and the rise of fundamentalist Islam... and Im not happy to be right in all of those cases. - David Brin Quotes
Self-righteous people can talk themselves into forgetting they are part of a civilization. They can then feed on that culture, bringing it down. Its happened many times in the past. It could happen to us. - David Brin Quotes
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. - David Brin Quotes
The worst mistake of first contact, made throughout history by individuals on both sides of every new encounter, has been the unfortunate habit of making assumptions. It often proved fatal. - David Brin Quotes
Theres no doubt that scientific training helps many authors to write better science fiction. And yet, several of the very best were English majors who could not parse a differential equation to save their lives. - David Brin Quotes
We already live a very long time for mammals, getting three times as many heartbeats as a mouse or elephant. It never seems enough though, does it? - David Brin Quotes
When I begin a book, I inevitably discover many things along the way, about the characters, their past histories and the political intrigues that surround them. This discovery process is vital, and I would not prejudice it by deciding too much in advance. - David Brin Quotes
When it comes to privacy and accountability, people always demand the former for themselves and the latter for everyone else. - David Brin Quotes
Why must conversions always come so late? Why do people always apologize to corpses? - David Brin Quotes
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