364 Quotes by Charles Stross

You win some, you lose some. And when you lose, you have to pull yourself together and go back for more. Otherwise, the other side wins by default.

I like lassic British spy thrillers. Seriously. If the cold war was still on, that’s something I’d be writing.

For instance, I never wrote to my MP to express my displeasure at the widespread deployment of sleeping policemen around the capital. It never occurred to me to do so: Mo and I don’t own a car, and speed bumps.

I’ve reached an age at which I’d rather pay more for something that “just works” than roll up my sleeves, reach for a spanner, and make it work. Time is money, and the older we get the less of it we’ve got left.

Being management means having to hold your hands behind your back while your inexperienced junior staff crap all over a job you could have done in five seconds – and then taking their mess right on the chin.

Just as individuals age and die, so do lineages: Only debt is forever.

For a sampler, you could try my short story collection “Wireless”. Which contains one novella that scooped a Locus award, and one that won a Hugo, and covers a range of different styles.

Some people can mess up anything, and computational demonology adds a new and unwelcome meaning to terms like “memory leak” and “debugger.

Never trust a man who thinks his religion gives him all the answers.