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> [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/)

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> [I can't imagine writing a book without some strong female characters, unless that was a demand of the setting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/i-can-t-imagine-writing-a-book-without-some-strong-female-characters/)

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

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> [I was afraid to watch 'Blade Runner' in the theater because I was afraid the movie would be better than what I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/i-was-afraid-to-watch-blade-runner-in-the-theater-because-i-was/)

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

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> [I can't imagine writing a book without some strong female characters, unless that was a demand of the setting. I actually tend…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/i-can-t-imagine-writing-a-book-without-some-strong-female-characters-2/)

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

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [I would like to design what people generally call streetwear. I'd like to dress skateboarders, or whatever the older equivalent of skateboarders…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/i-would-like-to-design-what-people-generally-call-streetwear-i-d-like/)

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

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> [The history of the past, a hundred years from now, won't be the history of the past that we learned in school…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/the-history-of-the-past-a-hundred-years-from-now-won-t-be-the-history/)

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

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> [When I come to a new city is I combine: I say, well, it's like Barcelona and Edinburgh, though I can't imagine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/when-i-come-to-a-new-city-is-i-combine-i-say-well-it-s-like-barcelona/)

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

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> [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/)

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> [Personally I like to imagine something the size of a baby hippo, the color of a week-old boiled potato, that lives by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/personally-i-like-to-imagine-something-the-size-of-a-baby-hippo-the/)

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

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## Other authors on Imagine

## 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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