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William Gibson Quotes

Generation X is dead. It has come to mean anyone aged 13 to 55 years old.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: March 17, 1948

Topics

Generation Dead Mean Old Years Come

Books aren't written - they're rewritten. Including your own. It is one of the hardest things to accept, especially after the seventh rewrite hasn't quite done it.

Michael Crichton

Done Accept Own Things Hardest Your

Whether it's spending more time and money at thrift shops for threads (anti-consumerist threads, mind you), or combing the record store for the most unknown/least coherent band they can find, there's one thing that hipsters constantly want you to know: that they are better than you.

Time Money Mind Better You Find

We treat China as a normal trading and economic partner.

Treat Partner Normal China Economic

I saw 'The Shining' really young. I don't think it scarred me, but I had a paper route, and I delivered to some apartment buildings, and it made it a little scary to walk down those hallways.

Walk Me Think Buildings Down Young

I read reviews and consider myself pretty 'plugged in' to the literary cosmos, yet one of the things I love best about book-touring is the opportunity to compare notes with favorite booksellers around the country. I always come home with books by authors I'd never heard of - or books I've read about but didn't realize I might love.

Love Home Opportunity Myself Best

I'm being trained to shake the bon-bon appropriately.

Being Shake Trained

We always want to see each other do well. And I think we all want to win. As competitive as you are, you always want to win.

Win Think You Want Always See

When I was a little boy, my dream was to play baseball and leave Cuba.

Baseball Dream Play Boy Cuba Leave

Achievements on the golf course are not what matters, decency and honesty are what matter.

Honesty Golf Matter Matters Decency

Here's what's terrifying about Ebola. Ebola is invisible. It's a monster without a face. With the science that we have now, we can perceive Ebola as being not one thing but as a swarm, and the swarm is moving through the human population and expanding its numbers. It has the qualities of a monster.

Richard Preston

Science Moving Face Numbers Now

It was all completely incomprehensible to me. I was fearful of the language. You had to look up every third word.

Me Language You Look Up Word

It wasn't nice having to work full-time. It's a rise that I wouldn't have predicted, but it's a good example for younger players of what can be achieved.

Work Good Rise Nice Good Example

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