Rudy Rucker

“The essence of cyberpunk is a messy, complex world that's full of skullduggery but also full of joy.”

“The universe is a big algorithm. We're all subroutines.”

“The world is a fractal. So is the human mind.”

“To be a true cyberpunk, you have to be a little bit of a romantic.”

“I'm interested in the fourth dimension because it's a way of looking at reality that's different.”

“Everything is a computation.”

“God is the universal wave function.”

“If you're a writer, you're always working. You're not trying to find a story, you're trying to get rid of the fucking stories.”

“Science fiction is a way of looking at the world, a way of seeing things that might be.”

“A city is a mind, a collective consciousness.”

“The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas.”

“The past is a dream, the future is a dream. The only reality is the flickering moment of now.”

“Life is a bootleg process.”

“The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.”

“Reality is a shared dream.”

“What if everything is an illusion and nothing exists? In that case, I definitely overpaid for my carpet.”