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Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: The conclusion I came to was that even if I couldn't sell books, I still liked the process of writing. The conclusion I came to was that even if I couldn't sell books, I still liked the process of writing.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: She'd been so busy worrying about soldier boys and villagers she'd forgotten the jungle had hunters of its own, and now she was going to die for it. She'd been so busy worrying about soldier boys and villagers she'd forgotten the jungle had hunters of its own, and now she was going to die for it.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: Knowledge is always two-edged. For every benefit, there is hazard. For every good, evil. Knowledge is always two-edged. For every benefit, there is hazard. For every good, evil.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: Fiction is optimistic or unrealistic enough to demand that there should be a meaningful narrative. Fiction is optimistic or unrealistic enough to demand that there should be a meaningful narrative.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: It is a precise thing, a scripted act as deliberate as Jo No Mai, each move choreographed, a worship of scarcity. It is a precise thing, a scripted act as deliberate as Jo No Mai, each move choreographed, a worship of scarcity.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: There were stories in sweat. There were stories in sweat.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: Suicide is not something I owe you or yours. Suicide is not something I owe you or yours.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: Jesus walked on water, so maybe he makes aquifers, too. Jesus walked on water, so maybe he makes aquifers, too.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: The loneliest Chinese man I ever met lived halfway up the Three Gorges, in Sichuan Province. The loneliest Chinese man I ever met lived halfway up the Three Gorges, in Sichuan Province.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: I like fast plots with things that explode. I like fast plots with things that explode.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: Maggot twitch, some people called it. If you'd seen much of the war, you had it. Some more. Some less. But everybody had it. Maggot twitch, some people called it. If you'd seen much of the war, you had it. Some more. Some less. But everybody had it.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: The surfeit of bad trends pushes me to set my stories in worlds which are often diminished versions of our own present. The surfeit of bad trends pushes me to set my stories in worlds which are often diminished versions of our own present.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: I say I write extrapolations. I look at data points and ask what the world could look like. I say I write extrapolations. I look at data points and ask what the world could look like.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: which general has decided to betray Pracha. which general has decided to betray Pracha.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: Blood is not destiny. Blood is not destiny.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: Despite everything, he failed to understand the capriciousness of warfare. In his arrogance he thought he could prepare. Such a fool... Despite everything, he failed to understand the capriciousness of warfare. In his arrogance he thought he could prepare. Such a fool...
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: Mostly I sat down and said, 'I'm not going to write a boring story.' And that actually, surprisingly, solves most of your problems. Mostly I sat down and said, 'I'm not going to write a boring story.' And that actually, surprisingly, solves most of your problems.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: She smiles at him, too young to know him for a stranger, and too innocent yet to care. She smiles at him, too young to know him for a stranger, and too innocent yet to care.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: For a second, Americans could still feel like big swinging dicks. Solidarity, baby. For a second, Americans could still feel like big swinging dicks. Solidarity, baby.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: Crew up, Nailer!" Lucky Girl shouted. "You think I'm going to pull your ass up here like a damn swank? Crew up, Nailer!" Lucky Girl shouted. "You think I'm going to pull your ass up here like a damn swank?
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: The young adult category is particularly interesting to me in terms of science fiction and fantasy tropes. The young adult category is particularly interesting to me in terms of science fiction and fantasy tropes.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: It was a view of the world that anticipated evil from people because people always delivered. And the worst part was that she couldn't really argue. It was a view of the world that anticipated evil from people because people always delivered. And the worst part was that she couldn't really argue.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: As a writer, you should care about reluctant readers. You want these kids to feel like books are amazing and cool and that they're an escape. As a writer, you should care about reluctant readers. You want these kids to feel like books are amazing and cool and that they're an escape.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: The theater of operation built itself in Tool's mind. The theater of operation built itself in Tool's mind.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: If we don't have the right words in our vocabularies, we can't even see the things that are right in front of our faces. If we don't have the right words in our vocabularies, we can't even see the things that are right in front of our faces.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: Language is how we hack other people's brains. It's how we make them see things the way we want them to see them. Language is how we hack other people's brains. It's how we make them see things the way we want them to see them.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: Everything's bad, until you find something worse. Everything's bad, until you find something worse.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: The marketplace tells us that good, visceral storytelling has a place. But there are lots of questions about the format that stories take. The marketplace tells us that good, visceral storytelling has a place. But there are lots of questions about the format that stories take.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: We waste all our money throwing dice, trying to get close to Luck, trying to get the big win ... To help us find something we can keep for ourselves. We waste all our money throwing dice, trying to get close to Luck, trying to get the big win ... To help us find something we can keep for ourselves.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: Killing isn't free. It takes something out of you every time you do it. You get their life; they get a piece of your soul. It's always a trade. Killing isn't free. It takes something out of you every time you do it. You get their life; they get a piece of your soul. It's always a trade.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: She was too smart for his own good. She was too smart for his own good.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: I'm particularly interested in black swan events: unprecedented surprises that destroy the conventional wisdom about how the world works. I'm particularly interested in black swan events: unprecedented surprises that destroy the conventional wisdom about how the world works.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: Some things, it was better not to think about. It just made you mad and angry. Some things, it was better not to think about. It just made you mad and angry.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: But then, that was the problem with pretty toy stitches. When real life got hold of them, they always tore out. But then, that was the problem with pretty toy stitches. When real life got hold of them, they always tore out.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: A desert's a stupid place to put a river. A desert's a stupid place to put a river.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: When you were alone in the rising ocean, you grabbed whatever raft passed by. When you were alone in the rising ocean, you grabbed whatever raft passed by.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: Originally, 'The Windup Girl' started as a short story - a very gnarly, complicated short story set in Bangkok that didn't work very well. Originally, 'The Windup Girl' started as a short story - a very gnarly, complicated short story set in Bangkok that didn't work very well.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: If we can't describe our reality accurately, we can't see it. If we can't describe our reality accurately, we can't see it.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: It's human nature to tear one another apart. Be glad you come from such a successful line of killers. It's human nature to tear one another apart. Be glad you come from such a successful line of killers.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: Debts are a heavy burden. Throw them off, and you walk free. Debts are a heavy burden. Throw them off, and you walk free.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: We knew it was all going to go to hell, and we just stood by and watched it happen anyway. There ought to be a prize for that kind of We knew it was all going to go to hell, and we just stood by and watched it happen anyway. There ought to be a prize for that kind of stupidity.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: Laws are confusing documents. They get in the way if justice. Laws are confusing documents. They get in the way if justice.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: People don't actually stay still, you know - when their area is a disaster, they go somewhere else, right? And that's just a natural human impulse. People don't actually stay still, you know - when their area is a disaster, they go somewhere else, right? And that's just a natural human impulse.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: When I read, I'm either reading to learn, or I'm reading to switch off. When I read, I'm either reading to learn, or I'm reading to switch off.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: I'm not proud of it, but I'm a great liar when I travel. I smile and lie, and things are smooth. I'm not proud of it, but I'm a great liar when I travel. I smile and lie, and things are smooth.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: I'm interested in how we react when we're heavily pressed. When we're vulnerable and our survival is in question, how do we behave? I'm interested in how we react when we're heavily pressed. When we're vulnerable and our survival is in question, how do we behave?
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: Her face was smeared with mud and blood and ash. Just another bit of debris in the wreckage of war. Her face was smeared with mud and blood and ash. Just another bit of debris in the wreckage of war.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: They'd blame a castoff just for breathing. You could be good as gold and they'd still blame you. They'd blame a castoff just for breathing. You could be good as gold and they'd still blame you.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: When an animal spoke, you were supposed to pay attention. When an animal spoke, you were supposed to pay attention.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: I do not fight battles that cannot be won. Do not confuse that with cowardice. I do not fight battles that cannot be won. Do not confuse that with cowardice.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: I never turned children to war," Tool said."Only because you fought on the side of wealth, I never turned children to war," Tool said.
"Only because you fought on the side of wealth,
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: Laws are a fine thing on paper, but painful when no bribery can ease their bind. Laws are a fine thing on paper, but painful when no bribery can ease their bind.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: Sex and hypocrisy. They go together like coffee and cream. Sex and hypocrisy. They go together like coffee and cream.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: Hell, we're all bullet bait sooner or later. Doubt it makes much difference. You make it to sixteen, you're a goddamn legend. Hell, we're all bullet bait sooner or later. Doubt it makes much difference. You make it to sixteen, you're a goddamn legend.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: Food should come from the place of its origin, and stay there. It shouldn't spend its time crisscrossing the globe for the sake of profit. Food should come from the place of its origin, and stay there. It shouldn't spend its time crisscrossing the globe for the sake of profit.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: It's the first rule of bureaucracy: any message worth sending is worth sending in triplicate. It's the first rule of bureaucracy: any message worth sending is worth sending in triplicate.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: You couldn't live close to war and not have it grab you eventually. You couldn't live close to war and not have it grab you eventually.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: The future looks a bit bleak to me. The future looks a bit bleak to me.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: As an author, you're really grateful for the people who are supporting you, but on some other level, that can be a dangerous echo chamber. As an author, you're really grateful for the people who are supporting you, but on some other level, that can be a dangerous echo chamber.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: Science fiction has these obsessions with certain sciences - large scale engineering, neuroscience. Science fiction has these obsessions with certain sciences - large scale engineering, neuroscience.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: There are parents who are really angry that I decided to portray people who have come into the country illegally as decent human beings. There are parents who are really angry that I decided to portray people who have come into the country illegally as decent human beings.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: We're so few in comparison to the past, where did all the souls go? We're so few in comparison to the past, where did all the souls go?
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: Watch your mouth," Mahlia said, "or I'll stitch your guts shut. Watch your mouth," Mahlia said, "or I'll stitch your guts shut.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: I suspect that young adults crave stories of broken futures because they themselves are uneasily aware that their world is falling apart. I suspect that young adults crave stories of broken futures because they themselves are uneasily aware that their world is falling apart.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: A wise human would have an understanding of the supply chain and how the pieces fit together. But it's against our nature to think about it. A wise human would have an understanding of the supply chain and how the pieces fit together. But it's against our nature to think about it.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: Start by loving, instead of needing. Start by loving, instead of needing.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: The problem with surviving was that you ended up with the ghosts of everyone you'd ever left behind riding on your shoulders. The problem with surviving was that you ended up with the ghosts of everyone you'd ever left behind riding on your shoulders.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: You're afraid to gamble even when you're already dead You're afraid to gamble even when you're already dead
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: Some people had to bleed so other people could drink. Simple as that. Some people had to bleed so other people could drink. Simple as that.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: I think there are narratives going on all the time that we think of as tangential - up until they turn out to be deciding factors in our lives. I think there are narratives going on all the time that we think of as tangential - up until they turn out to be deciding factors in our lives.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: If I cared for human approval, I would have been dead long ago. If I cared for human approval, I would have been dead long ago.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: I'm less crazy and unhappy when I'm writing. I'm less crazy and unhappy when I'm writing.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: Their yellow eyes seemed to hold ancient knowledge, as if their memories of want and drought and survival were so much more than Maria's. Their yellow eyes seemed to hold ancient knowledge, as if their memories of want and drought and survival were so much more than Maria's.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: By nature I'm sort of an introvert. By nature I'm sort of an introvert.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: The main reason I want someone to read a story of mine is so they can enjoy it and feel like they got something interesting out of it. The main reason I want someone to read a story of mine is so they can enjoy it and feel like they got something interesting out of it.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: Never beg for mercy. Accept that you have failed. Begging is for dogs and humans. Never beg for mercy. Accept that you have failed. Begging is for dogs and humans.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: I know people who have gone into career death spins, and that's something you're always aware of as a writer. I know people who have gone into career death spins, and that's something you're always aware of as a writer.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: Children playing at war. Children who don't deserve to die, but are too foolish to live. Children playing at war. Children who don't deserve to die, but are too foolish to live.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: Politics is ugly. Never doubt what small men will do for great power. Politics is ugly. Never doubt what small men will do for great power.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: Belief." He snorted. "I could kiss a thousand crosses. Fucking belief. Belief." He snorted. "I could kiss a thousand crosses. Fucking belief.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: Men are loyal when you lead from the front. Men are loyal when you lead from the front.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: How did you find truth when everyone was talking about sides? How did you find truth when everyone was talking about sides?
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: Your body is full of rage. Every sinew. It is easy to read. You speak volumes with a clenched fist. Your body is full of rage. Every sinew. It is easy to read. You speak volumes with a clenched fist.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: What I'm hoping to do though is to ground my extrapolations in specificity, and to make sure that the story I tell is deliberately and honestly told. What I'm hoping to do though is to ground my extrapolations in specificity, and to make sure that the story I tell is deliberately and honestly told.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: Life is exponential. Two becomes four, becomes ten thousand, becomes a plague. Life is exponential. Two becomes four, becomes ten thousand, becomes a plague.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: I think that, when I think about the future that 'The Water Knife' represents, it's one where there's a lack of oversight, planning and organization. I think that, when I think about the future that 'The Water Knife' represents, it's one where there's a lack of oversight, planning and organization.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: Knowledge is simply a terrible ocean we must cross, and hope that wisdom lies on the other side. Knowledge is simply a terrible ocean we must cross, and hope that wisdom lies on the other side.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: Mahlia knew the many voices of war from her father's chant. Mahlia knew the many voices of war from her father's chant.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: A gamble. Everything was a damn gamble. Betting against luck and the Fates, again and again, and again. She kept walking, waiting for the bullet. A gamble. Everything was a damn gamble. Betting against luck and the Fates, again and again, and again. She kept walking, waiting for the bullet.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: I'm a chess piece. A pawn,' she said. 'I can be sacrificed, but I cannot be captured. To be captured would be the end of the game. I'm a chess piece. A pawn,' she said. 'I can be sacrificed, but I cannot be captured. To be captured would be the end of the game.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: We write dust epitaphs for our vanquished enemies and watch them blow away in the desert wind. We write dust epitaphs for our vanquished enemies and watch them blow away in the desert wind.
Paolo Bacigalupi quotes: You get worked up about what's right and wrong, but that shit's only in your head. Rules are what the big dogs say they are. You get worked up about what's right and wrong, but that shit's only in your head. Rules are what the big dogs say they are.

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