I don't even think I was quite a year old. My mother was maybe seven months pregnant with my little brother. I… — Ernest Cline Copy Share Image
VR really changes everything for flight because the old simulators for the PC were 2D, and you couldn't look around inside the… — Ernest Cline Copy Share Image
I've wanted to own a DeLorean since I was 10 years old, but it always seemed like a silly daydream. Like owning… — Ernest Cline Copy Share Image
I was 7 years old when the '80s began and 17 years old when they ended, so it was an incredibly formative… — Ernest Cline Copy Share Image
I've never really collected anything other than old Atari cartridges. I only had, like, 12 Atari games as a kid, so at… — Ernest Cline Copy Share Image
“Halliday’s favorites, like WarGames, Ghostbusters, Real Genius, Better Off Dead, or Revenge of the Nerds” — Ernest Cline Copy Share Image
“Ray seemed to subsist primarily on a diet of high-fructose junk food and old videogames. It was hard not to love the guy. Back” — Ernest Cline Copy Share Image
“Besides, what if BSG and Firefly took place in the same universe? You ever consider that?” I” — Ernest Cline Copy Share Image
My characters are all kind of geek archetypes of people I've encountered at gaming and comic book conventions. — Ernest Cline Copy Share Image
“I understood her, trusted her, and loved her as a dear friend. None of that had changed, or could be changed by anything as… — Ernest Cline Copy Share Image
“Dilettantes,’ Art3mis said. ‘It’s their own fault for not knowing all the Schoolhouse Rock! lyrics by heart.” — Ernest Cline Copy Share Image
“I fired a last volley of plasma bolts at the unprotected enemy ship, which was already vibrating from the buildup of power in its… — Ernest Cline Copy Share Image
I've heard Stephen King say that when you write a novel you end up revealing everything about yourself. — Ernest Cline Copy Share Image
The clans began to bombard the outer force field with rockets, missiles, nukes, and harsh language. — Ernest Cline Copy Share Image
“tried to keep my cool. I tried to remain skeptical. I reminded myself that I was a man of science, even if I did… — Ernest Cline Copy Share Image
I notice when I'm at a party where I don't know anybody - even if I have nothing in common with somebody - we… — Ernest Cline Copy Share Image
“Not trusting my instincts any further, I loaded up a piece of high-end avatar dance software called Travoltra, which I’d downloaded and tested earlier… — Ernest Cline Copy Share Image
I burned through all of my extra lives in a matter of minutes, and my two least-favorite words appeared on the screen: GAME OVER. — Ernest Cline Copy Share Image