--- title: "29 Fiction Quotes By William Gibson" description: "29 Fiction quotes by William Gibson. Plus more from William Gibson and more Fiction sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb6/william-gibson-642_feels_i-m-a-reluctant-writer-of-non-fiction-in_1463440.png" --- > [I'm a reluctant writer of non-fiction, in part because I don't really feel qualified.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/i-m-a-reluctant-writer-of-non-fiction-in-part-because-i-don-t-really/) [William Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gibson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb6/william-gibson-642_feels_i-m-a-reluctant-writer-of-non-fiction-in_1463440.png) > [Fiction is an illusion wrought with many small, conventionally symbolic marks, triggering visions in the minds of others](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/fiction-is-an-illusion-wrought-with-many-small-conventionally/) [William Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gibson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c2/william-gibson-642_dreams_fiction-is-an-illusion-wrought-with-many_40587.png) > [I started writing short fiction very briefly, as I imagine is the case for some novelists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/i-started-writing-short-fiction-very-briefly-as-i-imagine-is-the-case/) [William Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gibson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/468/william-gibson-642_cases_i-started-writing-short-fiction-very-bri_3129482.png) > [The future is there... looking back at us. Trying to make sense of the fiction we will have become.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/the-future-is-there-looking-back-at-us-trying-to-make-sense-of-the/) [William Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gibson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c5/william-gibson-642_fiction_the-future-is-there-looking-back-at-us-t_857452.png) > [Science fiction writers aren't fortune tellers. Fortune tellers are fakes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/science-fiction-writers-aren-t-fortune-tellers-fortune-tellers-are/) [William Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gibson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df7/william-gibson-642_fiction_science-fiction-writers-aren-t-fortune-t_1564781.png) > [I think the least important thing about science fiction for me is its predictive capacity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/i-think-the-least-important-thing-about-science-fiction-for-me-is-its-2/) [William Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gibson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a75/william-gibson-642_capacity_i-think-the-least-important-thing-about_2345924.png) > [I read a great deal of science fiction with consummate pleasure between, say, the ages of 12 and 16. Then I got…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/i-read-a-great-deal-of-science-fiction-with-consummate-pleasure/) [William Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gibson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/931/william-gibson-642_ages_i-read-a-great-deal-of-science-fiction-w_505448.jpg) > [If you've read a lot of vintage science fiction, as I have at one time or another in my life, you can't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/if-you-ve-read-a-lot-of-vintage-science-fiction-as-i-have-at-one-time/) [William Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gibson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69c/william-gibson-642_another_if-you-ve-read-a-lot-of-vintage-science_1289675.jpg) > [I don't think of myself as being particulary a subversive writer, but I like to think that my work could afford someone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/i-don-t-think-of-myself-as-being-particulary-a-subversive-writer-but/) [William Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gibson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33a/william-gibson-642_degrees_i-don-t-think-of-myself-as-being-particu_2932343.png) > [Whenever I read a contemporary literary novel that describes the world we're living in, I wait for the science fiction tools to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/whenever-i-read-a-contemporary-literary-novel-that-describes-the/) [William Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gibson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/518/william-gibson-642_because_whenever-i-read-a-contemporary-literary_1143778.png) > [Science fiction was one of those places, particularly during the McCarthy era, where you could write whatever you wanted because it was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/science-fiction-was-one-of-those-places-particularly-during-the/) [William Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gibson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/393/william-gibson-642_because_science-fiction-was-one-of-those-places_2795400.png) > [The future is there," Cayce hears herself say, "looking back at us. Trying to make sense of the fiction we will have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/the-future-is-there-cayce-hears-herself-say-looking-back-at-us-trying/) [William Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gibson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e33/william-gibson-642_behinds_the-future-is-there-cayce-hears-herself_2258286.jpg) > [I think that our future has lost that capital F we used to spell it with. The science fiction future of my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/i-think-that-our-future-has-lost-that-capital-f-we-used-to-spell-it/) [William Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gibson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/377/william-gibson-642_america_i-think-that-our-future-has-lost-that-ca_2312785.png) > [I didn't have a manifesto. I had some discontent. It seemed to me that midcentury mainstream American science fiction had often been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/i-didn-t-have-a-manifesto-i-had-some-discontent-it-seemed-to-me-that/) [William Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gibson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/773/william-gibson-642_american_i-didn-t-have-a-manifesto-i-had-some-dis_2448047.png) > [The culture is still there, and people are still doing it. I imagine some people are doing it very well indeed. As…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/the-culture-is-still-there-and-people-are-still-doing-it-i-imagine/) [William Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gibson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1e/william-gibson-642_conventional_the-culture-is-still-there-and-people-ar_394576.png) > [I think the least important thing about science fiction for me is its predictive capacity. Its record for being accurately predictive is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/i-think-the-least-important-thing-about-science-fiction-for-me-is-its/) [William Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gibson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/082/william-gibson-642_capacity_i-think-the-least-important-thing-about_1667568.jpg) > [I have always been intensely uncomfortable with the idea of a science fiction writer as prophet. Not that there haven't been science…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/i-have-always-been-intensely-uncomfortable-with-the-idea-of-a-science/) [William Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gibson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b7/william-gibson-642_fiction_i-have-always-been-intensely-uncomfortab_975802.png) > [A snappy label and a manifesto would have been two of the very last things on my own career want list. That…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/a-snappy-label-and-a-manifesto-would-have-been-two-of-the-very-last/) [William Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gibson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a1/william-gibson-642_careers_a-snappy-label-and-a-manifesto-would-hav_2117835.png) > [In effect, I grew up in a sort of timewarp, a place where times are scrambled up. There are elements of my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/in-effect-i-grew-up-in-a-sort-of-timewarp-a-place-where-times-are/) [William Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gibson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60c/william-gibson-642_1960s_in-effect-i-grew-up-in-a-sort-of-timewar_2191625.png) > [When I wrote 'Neuromancer', I had a list in my head of all the things the future was assumed to be which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/when-i-wrote-neuromancer-i-had-a-list-in-my-head-of-all-the-things/) [William Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gibson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7f/william-gibson-642_about_when-i-wrote-neuromancer-i-had-a-list-in_1225808.png) > [It had also been my belief since I started writing fiction that science fiction is never really about the future. When science…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/it-had-also-been-my-belief-since-i-started-writing-fiction-that/) [William Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gibson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85d/william-gibson-642_being-pretty_it-had-also-been-my-belief-since-i-start_458492.png) > [I think science fiction gives us a wonderful toolkit to disassemble and reexamine this kind of incomprehensible, constantly changing present that we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/i-think-science-fiction-gives-us-a-wonderful-toolkit-to-disassemble/) [William Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gibson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35e/william-gibson-642_fiction_i-think-science-fiction-gives-us-a-wonde_1489047.png) > [I can't do fiction unless I visualize what's going on. When I began to write science fiction, one of the things I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/i-can-t-do-fiction-unless-i-visualize-what-s-going-on-when-i-began-to/) [William Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gibson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5a/william-gibson-642_fiction_i-can-t-do-fiction-unless-i-visualize-wh_3034734.png) > [When I was a child, science fiction was the first source I've found for information. Science fiction was a very very low…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/when-i-was-a-child-science-fiction-was-the-first-source-i-ve-found/) [William Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gibson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18d/william-gibson-642_bothered_when-i-was-a-child-science-fiction-was-t_3156490.png) > [ When I began to write fiction that I knew would be published as science fiction, \[and\] part of what I brought to… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/when-i-began-to-write-fiction-that-i-knew-would-be-published-as/) [William Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gibson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/913/william-gibson-642_critical_when-i-began-to-write-fiction-that-i-kne_1267055.png) > [As a writer of fiction who deals with technology, I necessarily deal with the history of technology and the history of technologically…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/as-a-writer-of-fiction-who-deals-with-technology-i-necessarily-deal/) [William Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gibson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d89/william-gibson-642_affair_as-a-writer-of-fiction-who-deals-with-te_1583952.png) > [One of the liberating effects of science fiction when I was a teenager was precisely its ability to tune me into all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/one-of-the-liberating-effects-of-science-fiction-when-i-was-a/) [William Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gibson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f07/william-gibson-642_ability_one-of-the-liberating-effects-of-science_2084867.png) > [I had a list of things that science fiction, particularly American science fiction, to me seemed to do with tedious regularity. One…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/i-had-a-list-of-things-that-science-fiction-particularly-american/) [William Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gibson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d9/william-gibson-642_america_i-had-a-list-of-things-that-science-fict_1603360.png) > [“All fiction, whether straight or genre, whether literature or Literature, is a personal reinterpretation of its writers’ existence during the time the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/all-fiction-whether-straight-or-genre-whether-literature-or/) [William Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gibson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ad/william-gibson-642_books_all-fiction-whether-straight-or-genre-wh_1193764.png) ## Other authors on Fiction - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-neil-gaiman-70689.jpg) Neil Gaiman 55 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fiction/neil-gaiman/) - [Laura Kreitzer 45 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fiction/laura-kreitzer/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-ray-bradbury-77494.jpg) Ray Bradbury 38 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fiction/ray-bradbury/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-ursula-k-le-guin-92948.jpg) Ursula K. 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In that sense, we have no future. Not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/we-have-no-idea-now-of-who-or-what-the-inhabitants-of-our-future/) [William Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gibson/) > [For me, the melancholy of the late XXth Century is walking late at night by the Mont Blanc pen store and seeing these things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/for-me-the-melancholy-of-the-late-xxth-century-is-walking-late-at/) [William Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gibson/) > [“No," said Blackwell, "she won't, because that would be a violation of the very personal terms I will have established in our conversation. That's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/no-said-blackwell-she-won-t-because-that-would-be-a-violation-of-the/) [William Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gibson/) > [“Music was strange that way though; there were people into any damned thing, it seemed like, and if you got enough of them together…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/music-was-strange-that-way-though-there-were-people-into-any-damned/) [William Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gibson/) > [When I start writing a new imaginary future, I have no idea what it is. The characters arrive first. They help me figure out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/when-i-start-writing-a-new-imaginary-future-i-have-no-idea-what-it-is/) [William Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gibson/) > [Hollis thought he looked like William Burroughs, minus the bohemian substrate (or perhaps the methadone). Like someone who'd be invited quail shooting with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/hollis-thought-he-looked-like-william-burroughs-minus-the-bohemian/) [William Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gibson/) > [Fiction is an illusion wrought with many small, conventionally symbolic marks, triggering visions in the minds of others](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/fiction-is-an-illusion-wrought-with-many-small-conventionally/) [William Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gibson/) > [The experience of celebrity is gradually being democratized.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/the-experience-of-celebrity-is-gradually-being-democratized/) [William Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gibson/) > [I don't generate a storyline and then fill it out in the course of writing. The story actually generates in the course of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/i-don-t-generate-a-storyline-and-then-fill-it-out-in-the-course-of/) [William Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gibson/) > [“What happened to your arm?" she asked me one night in the Gentleman Loser, the three of us drinking at a small table in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/what-happened-to-your-arm-she-asked-me-one-night-in-the-gentleman/) [William Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gibson/) > [“In Heathrow a vast chunk of memory detached itself from a blank bowl of airport sky and fell on him. He vomited into a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/in-heathrow-a-vast-chunk-of-memory-detached-itself-from-a-blank-bowl/) [William Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gibson/) > [And, for an instant, she stared directly into those soft blue eyes and knew, with an instinctive mammalian certainty, that the exceedingly rich were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/and-for-an-instant-she-stared-directly-into-those-soft-blue-eyes-and/) [William Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gibson/) > [ \[When\] Johnny Mnemonic was coming out and I realized that all the kids that worked in 7-11 knew more - or thought they knew… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/when-johnny-mnemonic-was-coming-out-and-i-realized-that-all-the-kids/) [William Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gibson/) > [“Andrea maintained that men like Alain lied so constantly, so passionately, that some basic distinction had been lost. They were artists in their own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/andrea-maintained-that-men-like-alain-lied-so-constantly-so/) [William Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gibson/) > [“Because he had a good agent, he had a good contract. 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