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title: "17 Ifs Quotes By William Gibson"
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> [If ignorance were enough to make things not exist, the world would be more like a lot of people think it is.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/if-ignorance-were-enough-to-make-things-not-exist-the-world-would-be/)

[William Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gibson/)

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> [The most common human act that writing a novel resembles is lying. The working novelist lies daily, very complexly, and at great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/the-most-common-human-act-that-writing-a-novel-resembles-is-lying-the/)

[William Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gibson/)

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> [I do not think an enormous permanent underclass is a very good thing to have if you're attempting to operate something that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/i-do-not-think-an-enormous-permanent-underclass-is-a-very-good-thing/)

[William Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gibson/)

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> [ Somehow I think that if Toronto had been forced to wait a decade \[from 80th\], it would be a better looking city. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/somehow-i-think-that-if-toronto-had-been-forced-to-wait-a-decade-from/)

[William Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gibson/)

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> [There are bits of the literal future right here, right now, if you know how to look for them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/there-are-bits-of-the-literal-future-right-here-right-now-if-you-know/)

[William Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gibson/)

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> [If someone comes in and says, "What are you doing," if I'm honest, the answer is, "I don't know. But I'm doing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/if-someone-comes-in-and-says-what-are-you-doing-if-i-m-honest-the/)

[William Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gibson/)

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> [It doesn't matter how fast your modem is if you're being shelled by ethnic separatists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/it-doesn-t-matter-how-fast-your-modem-is-if-you-re-being-shelled-by/)

[William Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gibson/)

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> [If I meet someone and discover that they're an absolute, very earnest nationalist, it's unlikely that I'm going to get much closer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/if-i-meet-someone-and-discover-that-they-re-an-absolute-very-earnest/)

[William Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gibson/)

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> [I'm very primitive in terms of economics. The kind of new business in which stock gets more valuable because the company grows,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/i-m-very-primitive-in-terms-of-economics-the-kind-of-new-business-in/)

[William Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gibson/)

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> [There's an idea called "gray man", in the security business, that I find interesting. They teach people to dress unobtrusively. Chinos instead…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/there-s-an-idea-called-gray-man-in-the-security-business-that-i-find/)

[William Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gibson/)

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> [Part of the core of my system, is a way of trying to give the characters more control. If I'm practicing making…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/part-of-the-core-of-my-system-is-a-way-of-trying-to-give-the/)

[William Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gibson/)

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> [I'm embarrassed if I think anyone knows exactly what I paid for something, or even where I got it. I want what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/i-m-embarrassed-if-i-think-anyone-knows-exactly-what-i-paid-for/)

[William Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gibson/)

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> [If I were in severely straitened socio-economic circumstances and had to move to the U.S., I'd probably opt for Athens, GA, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/if-i-were-in-severely-straitened-socio-economic-circumstances-and-had/)

[William Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gibson/)

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> [If there's a movie of Neuromancer, what I really want the special effects guys to do is make you see, from Case's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/if-there-s-a-movie-of-neuromancer-what-i-really-want-the-special/)

[William Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gibson/)

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> [To the extent that I can still believe in Bohemia, which I think is very important to me in some way that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/to-the-extent-that-i-can-still-believe-in-bohemia-which-i-think-is/)

[William Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gibson/)

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> [Maybe I've been a small part of the democratisation of celebrity, because I've been fascinated by it, and when it started to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/maybe-i-ve-been-a-small-part-of-the-democratisation-of-celebrity/)

[William Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gibson/)

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> [I had a lot of issues with the genre, and I probably even had issues with the whole idea of genre. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/i-had-a-lot-of-issues-with-the-genre-and-i-probably-even-had-issues/)

[William Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gibson/)

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## Other authors on Ifs

## More by William Gibson

> [“We have no idea, now, of who or what the inhabitants of our future might be. 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. Because he had a good contract, he was in Singapore an hour after…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/because-he-had-a-good-agent-he-had-a-good-contract-because-he-had-a/)

[William Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gibson/)

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