Getting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn't difficult at all. Even as children, human beings fabricate elaborate revenge fantasies. We're not a particular species. Check out popular video games.

The thing all writers do best is find ways to avoid writing.

Where lies the line between sorcery and science? It is only a matter of terminology, my friend.

Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.

Keep writing. Try to do a little bit every day, even if the result looks like crap. Getting from page four to page five is more important than spending three weeks getting page four perfect.

It is always hard when reality intrudes on belief.

Spontaneity is one of the joys of existence, especially if you prepare for it in advance.

In one book, CACHALOT, just for my own amusement, every character is based directly on someone I have known.

How much research I have to do depends on the nature of the story. For fantasy, none at all.

Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers. Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn't done too badly.

If you're crazy, there's two things you can do to make yourself feel better: One is to get yourself cured. The other is to make everyone you have to deal with crazy.

I trust in God. He is my provider, refuge, and shelter.

But now I realize that this record business really needs me. No one else is trying to take a chance or do something different.

In India, there is a psychological problem that movies going to film festivals are boring. It is a problem with exhibitors.

Dark forces dragged me away from the keyboard, swirling forces of irresistible intensity and power.

Jazz to me is a living music.

O fairest flower! no sooner blown but blasted, Soft silken primrose fading timelessly.

You're The Grinch, Cole! That's why you don't like it.

The only good thing about America is that you killed John Lennon.

You do the natural. Trust God for the super.

At any moment in time, our reality is based on whatever we focus on.