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> [“The Pig Chef was - if you thought about it - one of the more sinister icons of American roadside art. Danny's personal totem. What kind of pig is a butcher? What kind of pig cooks barbeque? A traitor pig,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudy-rucker/the-pig-chef-was-if-you-thought-about-it-one-of-the-more-sinister/)

[Rudy Rucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudy-rucker/)

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## More by Rudy Rucker

> [It's soothing to realize that my mind's processes are inherently uncontrollable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudy-rucker/it-s-soothing-to-realize-that-my-mind-s-processes-are-inherently/)

[Rudy Rucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudy-rucker/)

> [All living things are gnarly, in that they inevitably do things that are much more complex than one might have expected.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudy-rucker/all-living-things-are-gnarly-in-that-they-inevitably-do-things-that/)

[Rudy Rucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudy-rucker/)

> [Science fiction writers put characters into a world with arbitrary rules and work out what happens.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudy-rucker/science-fiction-writers-put-characters-into-a-world-with-arbitrary/)

[Rudy Rucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudy-rucker/)

> [“Everything is cellular. Reality is cellular. I really love that word, cellular. Cellular phone, cellular foam, sleeper cell, cellulite, cellular automata . . .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudy-rucker/everything-is-cellular-reality-is-cellular-i-really-love-that-word/)

[Rudy Rucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudy-rucker/)

> [I think dry nanotechnology is probably a dead-end.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudy-rucker/i-think-dry-nanotechnology-is-probably-a-dead-end/)

[Rudy Rucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudy-rucker/)

> [Some ideas you have to chew on, then roll them around a lot, play with them before you can turn them into funky science…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudy-rucker/some-ideas-you-have-to-chew-on-then-roll-them-around-a-lot-play-with/)

[Rudy Rucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudy-rucker/)

> [I am, as it were, an eye that the cosmos uses to look at itself. The Mind is not mine alone; the Mind is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudy-rucker/i-am-as-it-were-an-eye-that-the-cosmos-uses-to-look-at-itself-the/)

[Rudy Rucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudy-rucker/)

> [“No one can point to the fourth dimension, yet it is all around us.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudy-rucker/no-one-can-point-to-the-fourth-dimension-yet-it-is-all-around-us/)

[Rudy Rucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudy-rucker/)

> [For me, the best thing about Cyberpunk is that it taught me how to enjoy shopping malls, which used to terrify me. Now I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudy-rucker/for-me-the-best-thing-about-cyberpunk-is-that-it-taught-me-how-to/)

[Rudy Rucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudy-rucker/)

> [Advice to beginning SF writers? Write a lot, finish what you write, and when it's done, keep sending it out for quite awhile.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudy-rucker/advice-to-beginning-sf-writers-write-a-lot-finish-what-you-write-and/)

[Rudy Rucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudy-rucker/)

> [If we suppose that many natural phenomena are in effect computations, the study of computer science can tell us about the kinds of natural…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudy-rucker/if-we-suppose-that-many-natural-phenomena-are-in-effect-computations/)

[Rudy Rucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudy-rucker/)

> [At present, however, I don't think the Net is a very good medium for books, books should really be inexpensive lightweight paperbacks you can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudy-rucker/at-present-however-i-don-t-think-the-net-is-a-very-good-medium-for/)

[Rudy Rucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudy-rucker/)

> [Traditional science is all about finding shortcuts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudy-rucker/traditional-science-is-all-about-finding-shortcuts/)

[Rudy Rucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudy-rucker/)

> [The study of infinity is much more than a dry academic game. The intellectual pursuit of the absolute infinity is, as Georg Cantor realized,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudy-rucker/the-study-of-infinity-is-much-more-than-a-dry-academic-game-the/)

[Rudy Rucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudy-rucker/)

> [ Intellectually, perspective \[drawing\] is a breakthrough, because here, for the first time, the physical space we live in is being depicted as ifit were… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudy-rucker/intellectually-perspective-drawing-is-a-breakthrough-because-here-for/)

[Rudy Rucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudy-rucker/)

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