I like to get paid for doing basic research, so it's pleasant to write some nonfiction about it.

Saying you have a political solution is like saying you can write a pop song that's going to stay at the top of the list forever. I don't have many illusions about this, but I'm not cynical about it.

I do have two data identities. I have my name, Bruce Sterling, which is my public name under which I write novels. I also have my other name, which is my legal name under which I own property and vote.

One of the points about distractions is that everything that they do is destabilizing.

I'm truly glad I've managed to get the public interested in questions about basic research.

I wouldn't describe that 'position' as 'parasitic.' I'd describe that experience as 'edifying.' I don't merely write from a critical intellectual distance. I actually live around here.