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> [When I see an old movie, like from the ’40s or ’50s or ’60s, the people look so calm. They don’t have smartphones, they’re not looking at computer screens, they’re taking their time. They’ll sit in a chair and just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudy-rucker/when-i-see-an-old-movie-like-from-the-40s-or-50s-or-60s-the-people/)

[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/)

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