David Brin
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 advanceCollection: Book
In contrast, markets - oft mythologized as "natural" are the most unnatural things going. Libertarians will tell you "market laws are laws of nature", what baloney. Markets - and the other great modernist cornucopian tools - are magnificent wealth generating machines, built ad-hoc, through trial and error, constantly fine-tuned and refined, tinkered, adjusted.Collection: Errors
All this talk of using tax policy to 'assess social costs'...what a dumb idea. The only way to stop polluters is to put them against walls and shoot them.Collection: Wall
I hate the whole übermensch, superman temptation that pervades science fiction. I believe no protagonist should be so competent, so awe-inspiring, that a committee of 20 really hard-working, intelligent people couldn't do the same thing.Collection: Hate
You don't have conversations with microprocessors. You tell them what to do, then helplessly watch the disaster when they take you literally!Collection: Watches
Petals floating by, Drift through my woman's hand, As she remembers me.Collection: Hands
It was a strange trek – the sullen leading the apathetic, followed by the confused, all tailed by the inveterately amused.Collection: Fun
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.Collection: Stories