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Larry Niven quotes: Never be embarrassed or ashamed by anything you choose to write.

Never be embarrassed or ashamed by anything you choose to write.

Larry Niven quotes: Everything starts as somebody's dream.

Everything starts as somebody's dream.

Larry Niven quotes: 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.

Larry Niven quotes: The luck of Teela Brown.

The luck of Teela Brown.

Larry Niven quotes: Treat your life like something to be sculpted.

Treat your life like something to be sculpted.

Larry Niven quotes: My problem with new writers is that it takes me five or six years to memorise the right names.

My problem with new writers is that it takes me five or six years to memorise the right names.

Larry Niven quotes: In a collaboration, each author will do 75% of the work.

In a collaboration, each author will do 75% of the work.

Larry Niven quotes: The Unexpected always comes at the most awkward times.

The Unexpected always comes at the most awkward times.

Larry Niven quotes: Engineers. You had to love them. (The alternative was strangling them, and he didn't want that catching on.) There

Engineers. You had to love them. (The alternative was strangling them, and he didn't want that catching on.) There

Larry Niven quotes: The witnessing of titanic events is always dangerous, usually painful, and often fatal.

The witnessing of titanic events is always dangerous, usually painful, and often fatal.

Larry Niven quotes: The hammer has fallen.

The hammer has fallen.

Larry Niven quotes: I need exercise and solitude. This time of confinement has threatened my sanity!

I need exercise and solitude. This time of confinement has threatened my sanity!

Larry Niven quotes: The best advice I was ever given was on my twenty-first birthday when my father said, Son, here's a million dollars. Don't lose it.

The best advice I was ever given was on my twenty-first birthday when my father said, Son, here's a million dollars. Don't lose it.

Larry Niven quotes: If one must explain a magic trick, one should do so after the show is over.

If one must explain a magic trick, one should do so after the show is over.

Larry Niven quotes: Humans," said the puppeteer, "should not be allowed to run loose. You will surely harm yourselves.

Humans," said the puppeteer, "should not be allowed to run loose. You will surely harm yourselves.

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.

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: Intelligence is just a tool to be used toward a goal, and goals are not always chosen intelligently.

Intelligence is just a tool to be used toward a goal, and goals are not always chosen intelligently.

Larry Niven quotes: Cliff shrugged. None of their ideas sounded

Cliff shrugged. None of their ideas sounded

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.

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: Heat is produced as a waste product of civilization." "I

Heat is produced as a waste product of civilization." "I

Larry Niven quotes: Anything you don't understand is dangerous until you do understand it.

Anything you don't understand is dangerous until you do understand it.

Larry Niven quotes: And every friend I've got has been writing Mars stories. It was pretty clear I'd never catch up.

And every friend I've got has been writing Mars stories. It was pretty clear I'd never catch up.

Larry Niven quotes: In challenging a kzin, a simple scream of rage is sufficient. You scream and you leap.

In challenging a kzin, a simple scream of rage is sufficient. You scream and you leap.

Larry Niven quotes: Building one space station for everyone was and is insane: we should have built a dozen.

Building one space station for everyone was and is insane: we should have built a dozen.

Larry Niven quotes: Remember the Finagle Laws. The perversity of the universe tends toward a maximum. The universe is hostile." "But

Remember the Finagle Laws. The perversity of the universe tends toward a maximum. The universe is hostile." "But

Larry Niven quotes: Love was a delicious blend of warm and cold. There was comfort in making love. It solved no problems: but one could run away from problems.

Love was a delicious blend of warm and cold. There was comfort in making love. It solved no problems: but one could run away from problems.

Larry Niven quotes: The Product of Freedom and Security is a constant (F X S = k). Giving up freedom for security is beginning to look naive.

The Product of Freedom and Security is a constant (F X S = k). Giving up freedom for security is beginning to look naive.

Larry Niven quotes: The majority is always sane

The majority is always sane

Larry Niven quotes: How much intelligence does it take to sneak up on a leaf?

How much intelligence does it take to sneak up on a leaf?

Larry Niven quotes: The Earth is just too small and fragile a basket for the human race to keep all its eggs in. - Robert A. Heinlein

The Earth is just too small and fragile a basket for the human race to keep all its eggs in. - Robert A. Heinlein

Larry Niven quotes: The perversity of the Universe tends towards a maximum

The perversity of the Universe tends towards a maximum

Larry Niven quotes: Nessus sprawled bonelessly in his couch. He looked ridiculously, ludicrously comfortable.

Nessus sprawled bonelessly in his couch. He looked ridiculously, ludicrously comfortable.

Larry Niven quotes: But you've never even been as far as the Moon.

But you've never even been as far as the Moon.

Larry Niven quotes: Sometimes the only way to call attention to bad construction was to set fire to the building.

Sometimes the only way to call attention to bad construction was to set fire to the building.

Larry Niven quotes: Exercise is wonderful," said Louis. "I could sit and watch it all day.

Exercise is wonderful," said Louis. "I could sit and watch it all day.

Larry Niven quotes: Anything beats an expensive stack of paper.

Anything beats an expensive stack of paper.

Larry Niven quotes: The State has a superfluity of testicles, Peersa said with no particular emphasis.

The State has a superfluity of testicles, Peersa said with no particular emphasis.

Larry Niven quotes: One mark of a good officer, he remembered, was the ability to make quick decisions. If they happen to be right, so much the better

One mark of a good officer, he remembered, was the ability to make quick decisions. If they happen to be right, so much the better

Larry Niven quotes: Anything that can go wrong, will

Anything that can go wrong, will

Larry Niven quotes: A civilization has the ethics it can afford

A civilization has the ethics it can afford

Larry Niven quotes: The value of a thing is what that thing will bring. -Legal Maxim

The value of a thing is what that thing will bring. -Legal Maxim

Larry Niven quotes: Mother Nature doesn't care if you're having fun.

Mother Nature doesn't care if you're having fun.

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.

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: If you can heat some bourbon, I can drink it," said the kzin. "If you cannot heat it, I can still drink it." "Nessus?

If you can heat some bourbon, I can drink it," said the kzin. "If you cannot heat it, I can still drink it." "Nessus?

Larry Niven quotes: I asked him, "Do you know the difference between nude and naked?"He shook his head. "Nude is artistic. Naked is defenseless.

I asked him, "Do you know the difference between nude and naked?"
He shook his head.
"Nude is artistic. Naked is defenseless.

Larry Niven quotes: 1a) Never throw shit at an armed man.1b) Never stand next to someone who is throwing shit at an armed man.

1a) Never throw shit at an armed man.
1b) Never stand next to someone who is throwing shit at an armed man.

Larry Niven quotes: It is a cardinal sin to bore the reader.

It is a cardinal sin to bore the reader.

Larry Niven quotes: Stupidity is always a capital crime.

Stupidity is always a capital crime.

Larry Niven quotes: Any damn fool can predict the past.

Any damn fool can predict the past.

Larry Niven quotes: There is no cause so good or noble that it will not attract fuggheads; and the fuggheads will get all the press.

There is no cause so good or noble that it will not attract fuggheads; and the fuggheads will get all the press.

Larry Niven quotes: The gods do not protect fools. Fools are protected by more capable fools.

The gods do not protect fools. Fools are protected by more capable fools.

Larry Niven quotes: I do not believe they've run out of surprises.

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

Larry Niven quotes: We should not have assumed that a political space station could be built.

We should not have assumed that a political space station could be built.

Larry Niven quotes: We learn only to ask more questions.

We learn only to ask more questions.

Larry Niven quotes: Never tell a computer to forget it.

Never tell a computer to forget it.

Larry Niven quotes: 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.

Larry Niven quotes: Everything starts as somebody's daydream.

Everything starts as somebody's daydream.

Larry Niven quotes: Why hadn't they built a lot of little Ringworlds instead?

Why hadn't they built a lot of little Ringworlds instead?

Larry Niven quotes: I do suspect that privacy was a passing fad.

I do suspect that privacy was a passing fad.

Larry Niven quotes: I'd repair our education system or replace it with something that works.

I'd repair our education system or replace it with something that works.

Larry Niven quotes: That's the thing about people who think they hate computers. What they really hate is lousy programmers.

That's the thing about people who think they hate computers. What they really hate is lousy programmers.

Larry Niven quotes: 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.

Larry Niven quotes: 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.

Jesus Pietro wasn't used to dealing with ghosts. It would require brand new techniques. Grimly he set out to evolve them.

Larry Niven quotes: I love superconductors.

I love superconductors.

Larry Niven quotes: In hindsight it may even seem inevitable that a socialist society will starve when it runs out of capitalists.

In hindsight it may even seem inevitable that a socialist society will starve when it runs out of capitalists.

Larry Niven quotes: Half of wisdom is learning what to unlearn.

Half of wisdom is learning what to unlearn.

Larry Niven quotes: In general, I don't know when inspiration will pop up.

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

Larry Niven quotes: I don't have a strong interest in history.

I don't have a strong interest in history.

Larry Niven quotes: The puppeteer unrolled completely. 'Did I hear you call me cute?

The puppeteer unrolled completely. 'Did I hear you call me cute?

Larry Niven quotes: Fear is the brother of hate. One

Fear is the brother of hate. One

Larry Niven quotes: In the world of words the imagination is one of the forces of nature.

In the world of words the imagination is one of the forces of nature.

Larry Niven quotes: I see war as that insane enterprise wherein men dig up the riches of the earth and hurl them at one another. - ATTRIBUTED TO JOSEPH DANIEL HARRINGTON

I see war as that insane enterprise wherein men dig up the riches of the earth and hurl them at one another. - ATTRIBUTED TO JOSEPH DANIEL HARRINGTON

Larry Niven quotes: The human species really could have faced global thermonuclear war. During seventy years of Cold War we grew used to it.

The human species really could have faced global thermonuclear war. During seventy years of Cold War we grew used to it.

Larry Niven quotes: Meet Crazy Eddie

Meet Crazy Eddie

Larry Niven quotes: I'm not predicting; I just love playing with superconductors.

I'm not predicting; I just love playing with superconductors.

Larry Niven quotes: Psi and/or magical powers, if real, are nearly useless.

Psi and/or magical powers, if real, are nearly useless.

Larry Niven quotes: 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.

Larry Niven quotes: Hopeless causes are the only ones worth fighting for. The fight for the taxpayer is the most hopeless of them all.

Hopeless causes are the only ones worth fighting for. The fight for the taxpayer is the most hopeless of them all.

Larry Niven quotes: I am trying to prevent a bloodbath. Is that clear enough for you? I'm trying to prevent a civil war that could kill half the people in this world.

I am trying to prevent a bloodbath. Is that clear enough for you? I'm trying to prevent a civil war that could kill half the people in this world.

Larry Niven quotes: Louis suggested that the ship be called 'Lying Bastard'. For their own reasons, Teela and Speaker agreed. For his own reason, Nessus did not object.

Louis suggested that the ship be called 'Lying Bastard'. For their own reasons, Teela and Speaker agreed. For his own reason, Nessus did not object.

Larry Niven quotes: Music had played suddenly through the cabin, complex and lovely, rich in minor tones, like the sad call of a sex-maddened computer. Nessus whistled.

Music had played suddenly through the cabin, complex and lovely, rich in minor tones, like the sad call of a sex-maddened computer. Nessus whistled.

Larry Niven quotes: Fear is the brother of hate.

Fear is the brother of hate.

Larry Niven quotes: Never fire a laser at a mirror.

Never fire a laser at a mirror.

Larry Niven quotes: Ethics change with technology.

Ethics change with technology.