Paolo Bacigalupi Quotes

I've been amazed at how fast and herd-like opinions in the United States are.

I don't play in spite of people, I play for the people who pushed me along, the people who have helped me succeed.

When someone who loves and cares about me compliments me, I feel more glamorous than when the flashbulbs are going off on the red carpet.

You don't want to make awards the reason you're doing things.

People make the mistake of drinking the Kool-Aid, believing your own hype, letting people tell you you're this or you're that or you're too this.

There are high spots in all of our lives and most of them have come about through encouragement from someone else. I don't care how great, how famous or successful a man or woman may be, each hungers for applause.

There is no stimulus like that which comes from the consciousness of knowing that others believe in us.

Feedback is a pleasant thing. I get a lot of letters from unexpected people in unexpected places.

A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right.

It's nice to feel the fans are behind you. You shouldn't concern yourself with things like that - but it does matter.

To be honest, proper recognition has only come from the fans. I don't want to be hard, and I don't want to be negative, but I want to be honest.

A crowd always thinks with its sympathy, never with its reason.

I'm very happy that the New York Times has spoken well of my stuff; who wouldn't be? But it's not a choice I made.

The aspects of patriotism that hush dissent, encourage going along, and sanction comfortable distancing and compliance with what is indecent and unacceptable... those aspects are too fundamental to ignore or gloss over.

The feedback that I get from my association with Gomez is heartwarming. It is very difficult for me to take anything but a positive view of the Gomez phenomenon.

I do find my speech difficult at times, but it's getting so much better as my confidence grows and that's thanks to the position I'm now in, which is totally due to my fans.

What we wish, we readily believe, and what we ourselves think, we imagine others think also.

I feel a lot more comfortable being me these days. I'm constantly told that my work is good. A lot of fans and a lot of other artists say my songs and albums mean a lot to them. Isn't that what's important?

I only have 'yes' men around me. Who needs 'no' men?

The trouble with radicals is that they read only radical literature, and the trouble with conservatives is that they don't read anything.

The advantage of being a leftist has always been that it's easy. You don't have to think, you just need to feel. You don't need to reason, engage in inquiry, or study. You just need to have emotions and express them.

My fans were probably the most therapeutic thing for me.

I've got people around me that let me know when something really good happens.

I don't like being surrounded by yes men.

I have an amazing group of people around me who are always like, 'Oh, wow, you're doing such amazing things. But don't get a big head,' and I'm like, 'Thanks, man, appreciate it.' It helps, you know?