If poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world, science fiction writers are its court jesters. We are Wise Fools who can leap, caper, utter prophecies, and scratch ourselves in public. We can play with Big Ideas because the garish… — Bruce Sterling Copy Share Image
The future is unwritten. there are best case scenarios. There are worst-case scenarios. both of them are great fun to write about if you' re a science fiction novelist, but neither of them ever happens in the real world. What… — Bruce Sterling Copy Share Image
They used to be seen as insane or unthinkable acts of madmen. But if they take place they'll be called 'war' too. And there… — Bruce Sterling Copy Share Image
“You give a guy a license to steal, you've got to expect him to use it.” — Bruce Sterling Copy Share Image
“America hadn't really been suited for its long and tiresome role as the Last Superpower, the World's Policeman. As a patriotic American, Oscar was… — Bruce Sterling Copy Share Image
“But the economy's out of control. Money just doesn't need human beings anymore. Most of us only get in the way.” — Bruce Sterling Copy Share Image
It's going to be really interesting to see what the heroin market does in the next two years or so. One thing you can… — Bruce Sterling Copy Share Image
Architects thrive after massive urban disasters. The abject collapse of East Berlin gave us the only city in Europe with a mighty host of… — Bruce Sterling Copy Share Image
The internet brought many laudable things, but prosperity, stability, accountability and honest politics were not four of them. — Bruce Sterling Copy Share Image
I was once a student in a punk T-Shirt hooked on screwed-up scenarios. That's how I became the esteemed cultural figure that I am… — Bruce Sterling Copy Share Image
“If America suffers from drugs, perhaps you should ask what America is lacking, [“What an asshole,”] Eric King commented suddenly. They ignored him.” — Bruce Sterling Copy Share Image
“Forget trying to pass for normal. Follow your geekdom. Embrace nerditude. In the immortal words of Lafcadio Hearn, a geek of incredible obscurity whose… — Bruce Sterling Copy Share Image
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