Michael Crichton Quotes

We think that computer models represent reality especially if we developed the models.

Ever since I've been young I've been fascinated by the human body. I've written songs about it, but you can become quite morbid if you think about it too much - paranoid and a hypochondriac.

Sometimes my husband has to literally pull me away from the computer.

I've always been fascinated by the human body, but you can become quite morbid and paranoid if you think too much.

That’s the trouble with inquisitors and censors. They become fascinated by what they deplore.

Oh yes, I love gadgets.

When I was younger, I would look at a game with computers and still be fascinated by the possibilities.

I've always been obsessed with technology.

Perfection is a disease of a nation.

Always trust computer games.

I despise computers in many ways. I think they’re hopelessly underevolved and overrated.

Curiosity is a mistress whose slaves decline no sacrifice.

Why is a picture of something real eventually more exciting than the thing itself?

One of the fantastic things about Silicon Valley is that it's both the birthplace of technology and it was one of the birthplaces of the counterculture. The Internet and the personal computer were going to be like the communes, where we would all be networked together, and we would be able to achieve this state of global consciousness.

One person in the 60s fascinated me more than anybody I had ever known. And the fascination I experienced was probably very close to a certain kind of love

You can sit in front of a computer and have a blank slate and be completely overwhelmed by the possibilities and not get anywhere.

It is not about bits, bytes and protocols, but profits, losses and margins.

You know how it is: as soon as you decide to forget something, your brain comes to the conclusion that it's the most fascinating thing in the world.

I got my computer. The great thing about the computer is that you only need enough money to buy a computer and some food, and you're all right. I don't have to go to premières.

Lying under this spell you cast on me Each moment The more I love you.

Virtual reality is just air guitar writ large.

These terrible sociologists, who are the astrologers and alchemists of our twentieth century.

Hello, Halberstam," Owen says, walking by. Hello, Owen," I say, admiring the way he's styled and slicked back his hair, with a part so even and sharp it... devastates me and I make a mental note to ask him where he purchases his hair-care products, which kind of mousse he uses, my final guesses after mulling over the possibilities being Ten-X.

The most important work I got a chance to be involved in, no matter what I do, is the personal computer... I even knew not to get married until later because I was so obsessed with it. That's my life's work.

You will not even have enough time to go online and download all the patches to your computer before it is infected.