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title: "21 Way Quotes By William Gibson"
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> [The prefix cyber is going the way of the prefix electro,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/the-prefix-cyber-is-going-the-way-of-the-prefix-electro/)

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

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> [Canadian cities looked the way American cities did on television.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/canadian-cities-looked-the-way-american-cities-did-on-television/)

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

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> [All we really have when we pretend to write about the future is the moment in which we are writing. That's why…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/all-we-really-have-when-we-pretend-to-write-about-the-future-is-the/)

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

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> [Sometimes, I feel like a time traveller, cause the only way that we can really travel in time is just to get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/sometimes-i-feel-like-a-time-traveller-cause-the-only-way-that-we-can/)

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

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> [I realized that everyone in Western society, in some weird way, believes that they've had the experience of producing feature films.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/i-realized-that-everyone-in-western-society-in-some-weird-way/)

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

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> [I very seldom compose anything in my head which later finds its way into text, except character names sometimes - I'm often…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/i-very-seldom-compose-anything-in-my-head-which-later-finds-its-way/)

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

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> [Television has - particularly at the HBO level in the United States - become a completely new genre. Something like Deadwood or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/television-has-particularly-at-the-hbo-level-in-the-united-states/)

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

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> [To the extent that I can still believe in Bohemia, which I think is very important to me in some way that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/to-the-extent-that-i-can-still-believe-in-bohemia-which-i-think-is/)

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

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> [As a writer of fiction who deals with technology, I necessarily deal with the history of technology and the history of technologically…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/as-a-writer-of-fiction-who-deals-with-technology-i-necessarily-deal/)

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

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> [I assume that - because you can get degrees in journalism from very reputable universities - I assume that people can be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/i-assume-that-because-you-can-get-degrees-in-journalism-from-very/)

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

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> [When I was first writing about Japan, it was at the peak of the Bubble. Bubble popped, but they kept on going.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/when-i-was-first-writing-about-japan-it-was-at-the-peak-of-the-bubble/)

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

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> [I had a lot of issues with the genre, and I probably even had issues with the whole idea of genre. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/i-had-a-lot-of-issues-with-the-genre-and-i-probably-even-had-issues/)

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

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> [I probably had something to do with being southern. For some reason, over the last few years I've been much more conscious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/i-probably-had-something-to-do-with-being-southern-for-some-reason/)

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

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> [ I loved the Limey \[movie\]! It's so violent! And yet it's so exquisitely romanticized in a sort of Japanese way, it's a… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/i-loved-the-limey-movie-it-s-so-violent-and-yet-it-s-so-exquisitely/)

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

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> [I watch a sort of primitive form of the recommodification machine around my friends and myself in sixties, and it took about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/i-watch-a-sort-of-primitive-form-of-the-recommodification-machine/)

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

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> [You know what your trouble is? You're the kind who always reads the handbook. Anything people build, any kind of technology, it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/you-know-what-your-trouble-is-you-re-the-kind-who-always-reads-the/)

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

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> [Part of the core of my system, is a way of trying to give the characters more control. If I'm practicing making…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/part-of-the-core-of-my-system-is-a-way-of-trying-to-give-the/)

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

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> [I don't think we know yet what broadcast television did to us, although it obviously did lots. I don't think we're far…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/i-don-t-think-we-know-yet-what-broadcast-television-did-to-us/)

[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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> ['Cyberspace' as a term is sort of over. It's over in the way that, after a certain time, people stopped using the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/cyberspace-as-a-term-is-sort-of-over-it-s-over-in-the-way-that-after/)

[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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## Other authors on Way

## 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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