430 Quotes by William Gibson

I’m often saddened and dismayed to see myself portrayed as either a Luddite or as a raving technophile. I’ve always thought that my job was to be as anthropologically neutral about emerging technologies as possible.

I don’t think of myself as being particulary a subversive writer, but I like to think that my work could afford someone else, the extra degree of freedom that I found when I first found science fiction.

I’m a really good eavesdropper. I listen to what people say and remember all the buzzwords.

The charges have to do with conspiracy to augment an artificial intelligence.

And this other evening light, rainy, rose and silver, and to her left a river the color of cold lead. Dark tumble of city, towers in the distance, few lights.

Don’t anticipate outcome,” the man said. “Await the unfolding of events. Remain in the moment.

I’m interested in people who become culturally fluent. And when I meet young people I’m often amazed they don’t quite seem to have a sense of where they’re from. They’re like the citizens of the airport.

You can’t get clever men to fight such a system, as it makes too much sense to ’em.

I very seldom compose anything in my head which later finds its way into text, except character names sometimes – I’m often very much inspired by things that I misunderstand.