Ian McDonald famous quotes

Fake it may be, lies and deceptions, but this is the world in which we find ourselves, and here we must make our little lives.
-- Ian McDonald

#Lying #Fake #Deception

There's never been a rule of human behavior that hasn't been broken by someone, somewhere, sometime, in some circumstance mundane or spectacular. To be human is to transcend the rules.
-- Ian McDonald

#Broken #Behavior #Circumstances

He's never fought with religion; what is the point of railing against such beauty, such intimate theatre, such chime of eternity? He can treasure it without believing in it.
-- Ian McDonald

#Believe #Theatre #Treasure

You collect art: you must know that the miniature artists, at the end of careers spent painting the tiniest, most exacting details that no one would ever look at, would often put their eyes out with needles. Too much beauty, yes, but also too much seeing. They were tired of seeing. The dark was safe and warm and comfortable. Blindness was a gift. I still have seeing to do.
-- Ian McDonald

#Art #Eye #Tired

The geek of the Earth are a tribe and they are mighty.
-- Ian McDonald

#Earth #Tribes #Geek

In the Age of Kali the meek and helpless will be preyed upon without mercy, and there will be a surplus of AK-47s.
-- Ian McDonald

#Age #Kali #Mercy

White in the moon the long road lies.

I have known men to hazard their fortunes, go long journeys halfway about the world, forget friendships, even lie, cheat, and steal, all for the gain of a book.

The Bible says, 'The truth shall make you free.' But let's not forget it was Spiro Agnew who said that a good lie will keep you out of jail in the first place.

Obviously a fake Kyp. You distract him. I'll shoot him under the table." Han (to Leia)

It was a big deal to me to play characters and feel things and connect to somebody in a fake world.

Don't fake it till you make it. Fake it till you become it.

Melodies are just honest. They can only be what they are. Words have the capacity for deception. Theyre all full of subtext, and some of them are cliche and overused and vernacular. Theyre tricky. All I can say is, words are tricky.

There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.

We must look for consistency. Where there is a want of it we must suspect deception.

Deception is a sort of seduction. In love and war, adultery and espionage, deceit can only succeed if the deceived party is willing, in some way, to be deceived.