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24 quotes by David Brin

Glen David Brin (born October 6, 1950) is an American scientist and award-winning author of science fiction. He has received the Hugo, Locus, Campbell and Nebula Awards. His Campbell Award winning novel The Postman was adapted as a feature film and starred Kevin Costner in 1997. David Brin's nonfiction book The Transparent Society won the Freedom of Speech Award of the American Library Association and the McGannon Communication Award.
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Anyone who wants simple, pat stories should buy another author's product. The real universe ain't that way, and neither are my fictive ones.

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Fortunately, human beings are remarkably diverse models to work from.

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I would normally never set out to write a trilogy.

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She had called in the debt that parents owe a child for bringing her, unasked, into a strange world. One should never make an offer without knowing... →

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My first duty to write a gripping yarn. Second is to convey credible characters who make you feel what they feel. Only third comes the idea.

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There's no doubt that scientific training helps many authors to write better science fiction. And yet, several of the very best were English... →

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But honestly, if you do a rigorous survey of my work, I'll bet you'll find that biology is a theme far more often than physical science.

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When I begin a book, I inevitably discover many things along the way, about the characters, their past histories and the political intrigues that... →

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I find humans tremendously interesting.

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My education and background thoroughly inform my writing.

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Above all, TRIBES is fun, and even kind of sexy... in that every round features an Opportunity for Reproduction, which is the main aim of the game... →

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