For me, university was just awful because it was closing one door after the other of all these candy shops of professional possibilities. Richard Powers awfulcandyclose Change image and share on social
Until I was 42, I could fit everything that I owned into two suitcases. Richard Powers fitownsuitcase Change image and share on social
Out of grad school, I worked as a tech writer for a while before going into computer coding for a living. Richard Powers codecomputergrad 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
We don't consider the roles that we're taking in making the world the way it is. Richard Powers makeroletake 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
In 25 years of writing novels, I've never had anything that felt like writer's block. Richard Powers blockfelthave Change image and share on social
Science is not about control. It is about cultivating a perpetual condition of wonder in the face of something that forever grows one step richer and subtler than our latest theory about it. It is about reverence, not mastery. Richard Powers conditioncontrolcultivate share on social
We will live with racism for ever. But senses of self, senses of belonging, senses of us and of others? Those are up for grabs. Richard Powers belonggrablive Change image and share on social
