William Gibson Quotes

I didn't have a manifesto. I had some discontent. It seemed to me that midcentury mainstream American science fiction had often been triumphalist and militaristic, a sort of folk propaganda for American exceptionalism.

William Gibson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ScienceMeAmericanScience Fiction

I got a pit bull from a shelter, so my whole life is centered on this dog, and I've been writing a lot of dog jokes. I should probably give up now, because I'm writing jokes about my dog.

Joe Mande

LifeDogWritingNowBullJokes

I couldn't read the way that other students read, so I would just cheat, which, in my silly brain, I was like, 'This is a skill that I'm developing - how to just get around everything!'

Joel McHale

BrainSillySkillWayEverything

We've got to unite our country again, because we're stronger when we are united and we are weaker when we are divided.

John Kasich

StrongerCountryDividedUniteAgain

With its vastly complicated plot and its immense cast of characters swirling around the case of Jarndyce vs. Jarndyce that has been grinding away in the Court of Chancery for decades, 'Bleak House' is, for many readers, Dickens's greatest novel.

Robert Gottlieb

HouseComplicatedGreatestBeenPlot

I needed something Real Madrid could not give, which was playing every Sunday, whether I was doing well or not.

Alvaro Morata

DoingSundayRealPlayingSomething

I looked on YouTube for sleep deprivation and there were videos of people experimenting with staying awake for a while. You saw all the different stages.

Rooney Mara

SleepPeopleYouYouTubeVideosSaw

I remember watching Robert Powell many years ago. He did 'Jesus of Nazareth,' and I remember thinking that was probably my favorite. Once I got the role, I didn't want to watch anything, because it only influences what you do.

Juan Pablo Di Pace

ThinkingRememberYouWantWatching

I used to cheerlead in high school, and I had the biggest crush on one of my teammates' brothers. I was a great tumbler, so when he showed up at practice one day, I tried to impress him, but I ended up landing on my face! When I got off the ground, I had rug burn on my nose. I was in tears because it hurt so bad!

Josie Loren

GreatDaySchoolPracticeTearsBad

When I went to college, I really became interested in cultural anthropology. Our behavior isn't that different from other primate species'.

Jon Taffer

CollegeBehaviorAnthropologyOur

I'm not a competitive person.

Chris Elliott

PersonCompetitiveCompetitive Person

Singing aloud leaves you with a sense of levity and contentedness.

Brian Eno

SingingYouSenseAloudLevity

Watergate provides a model case study of the interaction and powers of each of the branches of government. It also is a morality play with a sad and dramatic ending.

Bob Woodward

SadGovernmentEndingPlayMorality

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