Larry Niven Quotes

I just have tried to adapt to the constant changes that happen all the time in my schedule and try and find any sort of mini-predictability and balance within my very unpredictable life.

I've always believed that it's important to show a new look periodically. Predictability can lead to failure.

If I wanted to do the same thing every day, I would have gone into a different profession.

Habit will reconcile us to everything but change

If you don't want to get bored with what you're doing, you have to change.

But change must always be balanced with some degree of consistency.

I definitely do like change. I don't know if my hairstyles reflect that, but I don't like the same old thing all the time.

You can't just play the same thing, over and over again.

I think in my life I have so many things that changed so much with work and my career, and I don't really get to plan out a lot of my days. So when I have something that's familiar - just something that's there - I don't really like to switch it up.

I don't really have any interest in playing the same part again and again. Let's just keep everything crossed that doesn't happen.

I don't always just want to do the same thing.

The art of progress is to preserve order amid change, and to preserve change amid order.

In nature and state, it is safer to change many things than one.

I'm not a person who does the same thing every day. It's kind of how I feel about food - I can't eat the same thing every day.

If I stay in one mindset or place for too long, I get crazy.

In terms of work, I'm doing exactly the same as I've always done. It's what's around me that's changed.

As soon as I get a typical day, I'll know I'm in trouble. I like doing different things all the time.

Every job in the world has some built-in boredom. No man can stay excited about something every minute he is doing it. Routine is as necessary to life as water is to beer; it is the base that holds the flavors and spices together.

It is the same with people as it is with riding a bike. Only when moving can one comfortably maintain one's balance.

I get bored very easily, so I love doing different things, changing, doing a job for a month and then doing another one for six months and then moving into a different group of people. I love being able to stop. That's one of the greatest benefits we have in our profession.

A life without change is not a life; it is a stagnant pool.

The earth itself is slightly resistant to routine.

I think continuity is a good thing. But change is sometimes good, too.

People are like bicycles. They can keep their balance only as long as they keep moving.

I don't like being stuck in one situation, day to day.