It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power. — David Brin Copy Share Image
Beware of self-indulgence. The romance surrounding the writing profession carries several myths: that one must suffer in order to be creative; that one must… — David Brin Copy Share
“Men can be brilliant and strong, they whispered to one another. But men can be mad, as well. And the mad ones can ruin… — David Brin Copy Share
Strutting and preening is, in fact, the surest sign of an inferiority complex. — David Brin Copy Share
“We aren’t a curse upon the world. We are her new eyes. Her brain, testes, ovaries . . . her ambition and her heart.… — David Brin Copy Share
If you believe you can make a living as a writer, you already have enough ego. — David Brin Copy Share
Historically, central planners have generally done a poor job of managing economic resources - this we've known since the time of the Pharaohs. — David Brin Copy Share
A neurosis defends itself by coming up with rationalizations to explain away bizarre behavior. — David Brin Copy Share
Alas, criticism has always been what human beings, especially leaders, most hate to hear. — David Brin Copy Share
It's how creativity works. Especially in humans. For every good idea, ten thousand idiotic ones must first be posed, sifted, tried out, and discarded.… — David Brin Copy Share
Tragedies such as Nevil Shute's 'On the Beach' and Stanley Kubrick's 'Dr Strangelove' are so powerful because there's an underlying assumption that this did… — David Brin Copy Share
In contrast, markets - oft mythologized as "natural" are the most unnatural things going. Libertarians will tell you "market laws are laws of nature",… — David Brin Copy Share
“Snow and soot covered the ancient tree's broken branches and seared bark. It wasn't dead, not quite yet. Here and there tiny shoots of… — David Brin Copy Share
“As simple an act as reading or writing a sentence must be surrounded by perceptory nap and weave . . . an itch, a… — David Brin Copy Share
Ideologies are too seductive anyway. It does a man good to see things from a different point of view. — David Brin Copy Share
