“If the amount of money going into the war economy were invested in lan...” — Kim Stanley Robinson Quote

“If the amount of money going into the war economy were invested in landscape restoration, we would be in a far more positive position. It may get a little dire before we pull together, but I think when the prosperous nations, and in particular the U.S., realize they're wrecking their own kids' lives, there will be a mass change in value.”

“Science was many things, Nadia thought, including a weapon with which to hit other scientists.”

“Science fiction rarely is about scientists doing real science, in its slowness, its vagueness, the sort of tedious quality of getting out there and digging amongst rocks and then trying to convince people that what you're seeing justifies the conclusions you're making.”

“That's libertarians for you - anarchists who want police protection from their slaves.”

“Wind soughed in the weeds. Inside him the flesh metronome went tick, tick. Life slipped away hadon by hadon, limning every joy with a rime of grief; and he walked backward into the future, waving and crying out "Goodbye! Good-bye! Good-bye!”

“Hold on to your dream. Don't let past failures or dire economic forecasts make you a pessimist. Keep your youthful dreams alive and create your own opportunities.”

“I was in dire need of a band that was serious about getting out of El Paso.”

“My favourite dish is pollo ajillo; my favourite drink is a good Rioja with it. And as for my favourite music, oh God - there's so many things I like. Well, I'd say it's 'Walk of Life' by Dire Straits.”

“To me, nothing is more fascinating or theatrical than real life. These people are in dire situations, where something extreme has happened in their lives.”

“Lockdown was dire for me in terms of weight. I couldn't control my eating or how much exercise I did.”

“Fantasy for me as a kid was real, and I had a fantasy about what life was, whether it was sort of wicked and dire, or wholly normal, or whatever. Anything really close to home is not, it seems to me, what a good book should be about.”