You no longer have much in the way of knowing what to do in a big, epic novel about the future, because nobody knows what the hell is going to happen. (Jerry Pournelle)

You no longer have much in the way of knowing what to do in a big, epic novel about the future, because nobody knows what the hell is going to happen.

Jerry Pournelle

Related topics

epic future hell knowing longer nobody novel way

Related quotes

There's a big difference between wanting to work and having to work. And I had to learn that the hard way. Now money is very important to me, because I ain't got it. View quote
James Caan
I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority. View quote
E. B. White
There is a great difference between knowing and understanding: you can know a lot about something and not really understand it. View quote
Charles Kettering
Imagine if every Thursday your shoes exploded if you tied them the usual way. This happens to us all the time with computers, and nobody thinks of complaining. View quote
Jef Raskin
Only when one has lost all curiosity about the future has one reached the age to write an autobiography. View quote
Evelyn Waugh