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William Gibson Quotes

William Gibson quotes

American Writer March 17, 1948

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I think I'd probably tell you that it's easier to desire and pursue the attention of tens of millions of total strangers than it is to accept the love and loyalty of the people closest to us. William Gibson
Are you - are you sad?" - No. "But your - your songs are sad." - My songs are of time and distance. The sadness is in you. Watch my arms. There is only the dance. These things you treasure are shells. William Gibson
You know what your trouble is? You're the kind whoalways reads the handbook. Anything people build, any kind of technology, it's going to have some specificpurpose. It's for doing something that somebody alreadyunderstands. But if it's new technology, it'll openareas nobody's ever thought of before. You read the manual, man, and you won't play around with it, not the same way. And you get all funny when somebody else uses it to dosomething you never thought of. William Gibson
William Gibson quote: "Damien is a friend. Their boy-girl Lego doesn't click, he..."
Damien is a friend. Their boy-girl Lego doesn't click, he would say. William Gibson
Now the deer moved through snow, snow that blew sideways, frosting the perfectly upright walls of Detroit's dead and monumental heart, vast black tines of brick reaching up to vanish in the white sky. They made a lot of nature shows there. William Gibson
William Gibson quote: "I'm away for a while. But there's no cash on the premises, no..."
I'm away for a while. But there's no cash on the premises, no drugs, and the pitbull's tested positive. Twice. William Gibson
William Gibson quote: "His smile was the nightmare in my back pocket.(Speaking about..."
His smile was the nightmare in my back pocket.(Speaking about Ronald Reagan) William Gibson
Take me home," she said, and the words hit me like a whip. I think I shook my head. "Take me home." There were levels of pain there, and subtlety, and an amazing cruelty. And I knew then that I'd never been hated, ever, as deeply or thoroughly as this wasted little girl hated me now, hated me for the way I'd looked, then looked away, beside Rubin's all-beer refrigerator. So--if that's the word--I did one of those things you do and never find out why, even though something in you knows you... William Gibson
I have often raised an eyebrow at hearing him sing, as I push a cart down some Safeway aisle, of the spiritual complexities induced by he admixture of Cuervo Gold, cocaine, and nineteen-year-old girls (in the hands of a man of, shall we say, a certain age). At which point I look around Frozen Foods and wonder: "Is anyone else hearing this? William Gibson
The faces he woke up with in the worlds hotels were like God's own hood ornaments. Women's sleeping faces, identical and alone, naked, aimed straight out to the void. William Gibson
William Gibson quote: "Friday, August 04, 2006MONUMENTposted 8:31 AMSilver nitrous..."
Friday, August 04, 2006MONUMENTposted 8:31 AMSilver nitrous girls pointed into occult winds of porn and destiny. William Gibson
William Gibson quote: "Three in the morning. Making yourself a cup of coffee in the..."
Three in the morning. Making yourself a cup of coffee in the dark, using a flashlight when you pour the boiling water. William Gibson
William Gibson quote: "Time moves in one direction, memory in another."
Time moves in one direction, memory in another. William Gibson
...I knew he used women as counters in a game, Bobby Quine versus time and the night of cities. And Rikki had turned up just when he needed something to get him going, something to aim for. So he'd set her up as a symbol for everything he wanted and couldn't have, everything he'd had and couldn't keep. William Gibson
William Gibson quote: "You need to learn to overcome your very natural and..."
You need to learn to overcome your very natural and appropriate revulsion for your own work William Gibson

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