140 Quotes by Larry Niven

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

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

I'd like to see superconductors get cheaper and closer to ambient temperature. There are engineering games you could play with that.

I don't run ahead of science. I follow as close as I can, and I peer over their shoulders while the scientists are watching their feet.

Look at the rest of my novels, and every one of them covers a few months or a year, and the crisis is over by the time that's done.

Half of wisdom is learning what to unlearn.

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

I'd visit the near future, close enough that someone might want to talk to Larry Niven and can figure out the language; distant enough to get me decent medical techniques and a ticket to the Moon.

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