For each human being there is an optimum ratio between change and stasis. Too little change, he grows bored. Too little stability,… — Larry Niven Copy Share Image
My problem with new writers is that it takes me five or six years to memorise the right names. — Larry Niven Copy Share Image
The brightest minds in our field have been trying to find a definition of science fiction for these past seventy years. The… — Larry Niven Copy Share Image
The human species really could have faced global thermonuclear war. During seventy years of Cold War we grew used to it. — Larry Niven Copy Share Image
Once every hundred years, the Los Angeles smog rolls away for a single night, leaving the air as clean as interstellar space.… — Larry Niven Copy Share Image
In challenging a kzin, a simple scream of rage is sufficient. You scream and you leap. — Larry Niven Copy Share Image
“There is no cause so good or noble that it will not attract fuggheads; and the fuggheads will get all the press.” — Larry Niven Copy Share Image
“Music had played suddenly through the cabin, complex and lovely, rich in minor tones, like the sad call of a sex-maddened computer. Nessus whistled.” — Larry Niven Copy Share Image
“have precious little free will," he was saying. "We're too intelligent not to see the right answers.” — Larry Niven Copy Share Image
“1a) Never throw shit at an armed man. 1b) Never stand next to someone who is throwing shit at an armed man.” — Larry Niven Copy Share Image
“I asked him, "Do you know the difference between nude and naked?" He shook his head. "Nude is artistic. Naked is defenseless.” — Larry Niven Copy Share Image
Intelligence is just a tool to be used toward a goal, and goals are not always chosen intelligently. — Larry Niven Copy Share Image
And every friend I've got has been writing Mars stories. It was pretty clear I'd never catch up. — Larry Niven Copy Share Image
