My dream has always been to suspend myself in space when I write, and lying horizontal in bed is the closest to doing that. Richard Powers bedclosedream Change image and share on social
I think that if the novel's task is to describe where we find ourselves and how we live now, the novelist must take a good, hard look at the most central facts of contemporary life - technology and science. Richard Powers centralcontemporarydescribe share on social
The 'information novel' shouldn't be a curiosity. It should be absolutely mainstream. Richard Powers absolutelycuriosityinformation Change image and share on social
I don't mind arguing with myself. It's when I lose that it bothers me. Richard Powers arguebotherlose Change image and share on social
I write the way you might arrange flowers. Not every try works, but each one launches another. Every constraint, even dullness, frees up a new design. Richard Powers arrangeconstraintdesign Change image and share on social
Novel-writing is the only place where someone who would have liked to do anything can still do that vicariously. Richard Powers placevicariouslywrite Change image and share on social
I really like science because it seems to be that place where you get the big picture, everything connects. Richard Powers bigconnectpicture Change image and share on social
The thing that makes reading and writing suspect in the eyes of the market economy is that it's not corrupted. Richard Powers corrupteconomyeye Change image and share on social
What we can do should never by itself determine what we choose to do, yet this is the way technology tends to work. Richard Powers choosedeterminetechnology Change image and share on social
I'd like, each time out as a writer, to reinvent who I am and what I'm doing. That's one of the great pleasures and rewards of the occupation. Richard Powers greatoccupationpleasure Change image and share on social
