But science perhaps is very difficult without faith. Also there is no simple way of saying now we have science, we don't need faith anymore.

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.

What's the point of washing off your ball when teeing off on a water hole?

Love like a phantoms lights but hold in the heart, it builds like the empty smile adorning a statue with sightless eyes.

Come on Canada, it's time to kick our bad habits and get into shape!

A man who makes a one-dollar profit on his expense account is dishonest. A man who loses five cents on one is a damned fool.

Mind over matter. Weak minded people are easily influenced. Strong minded people you can't break their will.

I tired the back door -- unlocked. Truley the Man Upstairs was smiling down on me.

A wise prince will seek means by which his subjects will always and in every possible condition of things have need of his government, and then they will always be faithful to him.

Originality is simply a pair of fresh eyes.

You should never hesitate to trade your cow for a handful of magic beans.

There is no real justification for a requirement that a budget of any sort should be balanced, except as a rallying point for those who seek to hamstring government.