When you're hanging out with your friends, you reference books and movies, and you don't always know if your friends know what… — 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 created the OASIS because I never felt at home in the real world. I didn't know how to connect with the… — Ernest Cline Copy Share Image
Everybody has this fond association with the car from Back to the Future, but most people have never seen one. I've seen… — Ernest Cline Copy Share Image
Everybody uses pop culture as a shorthand. You might make an obscure reference to Monty Python or Iron Eagle that only some… — Ernest Cline Copy Share Image
...now that everyone could vote from home, via the OASIS, the only people who could get elected were movie stars, reality TV… — Ernest Cline Copy Share Image
I still tell people, 'I'm pretty sure I'm the only 'Star Wars' fan in history to ever break into Skywalker Ranch by… — Ernest Cline Copy Share Image
Once the people of planet Earth are all hanging out together online in a virtual world without any borders, I think it… — Ernest Cline Copy Share Image
I was a painfully shy, awkward kid, with low self-esteem and almost no social skills. Online, I didn't have a problem talking… — Ernest Cline Copy Share Image
Before I became a full-time writer, I worked in tech support in those giant cubicle farms you see. I was surrounded by… — Ernest Cline Copy Share Image
As we continued to talk, going through the motions of getting to know each other, I realized that we already did know… — Ernest Cline Copy Share Image
It's so much better to hand over a finished book than having all these people waiting. — 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
