Humor is rare in science fiction... there's so little of it that it automatically reminds you of other heroes with that acerbic humor when you find it.

Engrave this in your brain: EVERY WRITER GETS REJECTED. You will be no different.

If you want me to treat your ideas with more respect, get some better ideas.

I am not responsible for actions of the imaginary version of me you have inside your head.

I didn't mind getting old when I was young. It's the being old now that's getting to me.

Part of what makes us human is what we mean to other people, and what people mean to us.

I thought I saw him once, but it turned out to be a yeti

There's a difference between the fact that the universe is inherently unfair on a cosmic level, and the fact that life is unfair because people are actively making it so.

When you're a teenager and you're in love, it's obvious to everyone but you and the person you're in love with.

Christianity is a fine religion and I wish more Christians practiced it.

Don’t discount that part of who he was just because you didn’t know it. None of us are all of who we are to any one person.

Revenge and rational thought never sleep together.

Nothing in life is more necessary than friendship.

I don't eat much meat, fish, or poultry.

Pope John Paul II is the great. Only two other popes had that title. Does that suggest there is going to be a move for canonization?

I was drafted during the Korean War.

One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, there ain't nothing can beat teamwork.

It broke my heart into more pieces than my heart was made of, why can't people say what they mean at the time?

Inside the calm minds, great ideas swim serenely like the morning geese of the misty lakes!

There are plenty of bad editors who try to impose their own vision on a book. (…) A good novel editor is invisible.

The power of art is not in communication but effect; what it does, not what it relates.