Larry Niven Quotes
My problem with new writers is that it takes me five or six years to memorise the right names.
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Some reporter called me 'the angriest gay man in the world' or some such. Well, it stuck, but I realized it was very useful.
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I make a mean cup of coffee, if you give me the right ingredients.
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I think shortly after I got signed, it just started to dawn on me that I had something to say and that Yahweh put something in my heart to share with the world.
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I'm not a pretty person. I don't like pretty, so I don't feel badly. Most of the world is not with me, but I don't care.
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As I'm writing, certain things become clear to me and certain things begin to feel right and make sense. The pieces start to fall into place.
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If you tell me I can't eat something, I'll obsess over it and end up overeating!
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Lebanese mezze, Cantonese dim sum and Basque pinchos have all evolved over years and are designed to make sense together.
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I was a fan of One Direction when I was 16, but I was also a fan of Bring Me The Horizon and hardcore bands.
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As far as actors go, you're not going to find many ballplayers better than me.
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The problem, when comparing contemporary television to television in 1974, is that TV has become not just bad but sad.
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I'm a total loner. I can't even answer texts or take my phone with me when I'm working!
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For me a day without training is like a day without eating.
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Many years ago, I really didn't know where the next work was coming from.
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I don't like giving up hits and stuff, but I try not to show it. I don't want the hitter to see that something bothers me.
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Writers are not meant for action.
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I think it would be funny for people to read in obituaries of me that my major contribution to the arts was the popularization of the phrases 'neutral facial expression' and 'screaming in agony.'
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I taught sixth grade for three and a half years.
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What I love about New York is just the electricity I feel right away.
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In, 1950, at the age, 19 I dropped out of St. George William College in Montreal, as it then was, and sailed for England on the Franconia. Foolishly, no arrogantly, believing I could put Canada and its picayune problems behind me, never dreaming it would become the raw material of most of my fiction and non-fiction. Or that I would care so deeply about its surviving intact.
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I like to think I'm a pretty good friend. I love having a good time, and I enjoy being able to share those good times with others.
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No, that would be a lame excuse, to be honest. He's a good driver, he's fast, but that was definitely a full-face error.
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The more the division of labor and the application of machinery extend, the more does competition extend among the workers, the more do their wages shrink together.
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My problem with new writers is that it takes me five or six years to memorise the right names.
