Where subtlety fails us we must simply make do with cream pies. David Brin More Quotes by David Brin More Quotes From David Brin The best time to act on this was decades ago. The second best time is now. David Brin encouraging positive inspirational Cultural contamination that is directed outward is always seen as ‘enlightenment.' David Brin contamination enlightenment Only people with full stomachs become environmentalists. David Brin environmentalist people Reciprocal accountability, or criticism [is] the only known antidote to error. David Brin accountability errors criticism In the book, America had already been weakened by bio terror plagues before waves of selfish violence took down the rest. But the real enemy was the kind of male human being who nurses fantasies of violent glory at the expense of his fellow citizens. David Brin selfish real book Beware of self-indulgence. The romance surrounding the writing profession carries several myths: that one must suffer in order to be creative; that one must be cantankerous and objectionable in order to be bright; that ego is paramount over skill; that one can rise to a level from which one can tell the reader to go to hell. These myths, if believed, can ruin you. If you believe you can make a living as a writer, you already have enough ego. David Brin skills writing believe ...where were answers to the truly deep questions? Religion promised those, though always in vague terms, while retreating from one line in the sand to the next. Don't look past this boundary, they told Galileo, then Hutton, Darwin, Von Neumann, and Crick, always retreating with great dignity before the latest scientific advance, then drawing the next holy perimeter at the shadowy rim of knowledge. David Brin drawing looks past It's how creativity works. Especially in humans. For every good idea, ten thousand idiotic ones must first be posed, sifted, tried out, and discarded. A mind that's afraid to toy with the ridiculous will never come up with the brilliantly original. David Brin creativity mind ideas Ideologies are too seductive anyway. It does a man good to see things from a different point of view. David Brin seductive views men Seldom does a storytelling talent come along as potent and fully mature as Mike Brotherton. His complex characters take you on a voyage that is both fiercely credible and astonishingly imaginative. This is Science Fiction. David Brin doe character fiction The fundamental premise of sci-fi is not spaceships and lasers - it's that children can learn from the mistakes of their parents. David Brin parent mistake children Science has learned recently that contempt and indignation are addictive mental states. I mean physically and chemically addictive. Literally! People who are self-righteous a lot are apparently doping themselves rhythmically with auto-secreted surges of dopamine, endorphins and enkephalins. Didn't you ever ask yourself why indignation feels so good? David Brin self mean people Many people have tried to define science fiction. I like to call it the literature of exploration and change. While other genres obsess upon so-called eternal verities, SF deals with the possibility that our children may have different problems. They may, indeed, be different than we have been. David Brin different children people Patience is fine, but I'm not going to stop asking the Universe to make sense! David Brin fine make-sense asking It is a paradox of Life that all species breed past mere replacement. Any paradise of plenty soon fills to become paradise no more. David Brin replacements paradise past Alas, criticism has always been what human beings, especially leaders, most hate to hear. David Brin hate leader criticism Science Fiction is the jazz of literature. David Brin jazz literature fiction All this talk of using tax policy to 'assess social costs'...what a dumb idea. The only way to stop polluters is to put them against walls and shoot them. David Brin wall dumb ideas One of life's joys was to have friends who gave you reality checks...who would call you on your crap before it rose so high you drowned in it. David Brin rose joy reality Petals floating by, Drift through my woman's hand, As she remembers me. David Brin floating remember hands
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