A lot of us don't want to be quite that serious about world problems. Our life is there to enjoy, not to be an eternal dissident, eternally unhappy with how things are and with the state of mankind.

Action isn’t my forte. I’m an expert on contemplation and mild regret.

I've always thought of absurdism as a French fad I'd like to belong to.

Science fiction is very healthy in its form.

I'm quite influenced in this by one of my heroes, Montaigne, who thought a man's real task was to render as honest an account of himself as he could.

It is a truism throughout the civilized galaxy that when you go to the police, your troubles really begin.

I'm not too fond of the hard work and the constant battle with self-doubt that goes on when I write, but I figure that's part of the territory.

I sell well now in Russia. I remember one signing in Russia some years ago where the bookstore had two strongmen to hold the crowds back.

Once you find you can't walk as far and as fast as you were able, life becomes more complicated.

I'm not so interested any more in how a great deal of science fiction goes. It goes into things like Star Wars and Star Trek which all go excellent in their own way.

Ethical and questions of philosophy interest me a great deal.

Ego seeks the domination by war, but spirit seeks the peace through love.

Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority.

Most people believe in God because they have been taught from early infancy to do it, and that is the main reason. Then I think that the next most powerful reason is the wish for safety.

Fathers have a lot to do to make up for having sons.

At this particular time, I probably am more comfortable with myself. Just now I'm having a lovely time.

If you really feel hatred for someone, and kind of send it their way, then it’s out of your system and in their hands. I always think it’s therapeutic.

Architectural and product designs have a narrative capacity - you can start to tell a story about them and imagine a lot of things.

Throughout the world, the family is increasingly under attack. If families fail, many of our political, economic, and social systems will also fail.

All art is an imitation of nature.

My mind works like Google for images. You put in a key word; it brings up pictures. See language for me narrates the pictures in my mind.