I found some time ago that I have to be careful, while working on a novel, what I read.

The future, according to some scientists, will be exactly like the past, only more expensive.

An artist's life is supposed to lead toward his masterpiece, not away from it.

I think these days an SF connection would be a boost to other books; I'm sure more people have read my two little detective puzzles because of the SF connection.

SF has at least the advantage of not depending on preconceptions.

In most conventional novels, God is not allowed to be nuts. Nor are nuts allowed to be God.

I have a kind of standard explanation why, which goes like this: Science fiction is one way of making sense out of a senseless world.

Whatever I'm reading at the moment seems to influence whatever I'm writing.

The problem and privilege we all have is being alive in this century and able to read this language. It makes any list meaningless except the list of an illiterate.

People have laughed at all great inventors and discoverers.

Most publishers seem very reluctant to publish short story collections at all; they bring them out in paperback, often disguised as novels.

Love is not self-seeking.Love is not easily angered.

One of the best things I learned from my parents was to be HONEST and work HARD!

Too young to care

The man was more highly strung than Margaret Thatcher on the rag, God rest her.

It was the same way with silence. This was more than silence. A deaf person can feel vibrations. Here there was nothing to feel.

Bush was in a shithole on September 10th. 9/11 was the best thing that ever happened to him.

If her security rests upon her alliance with a man, another woman may take that man away; therefore women have no unity between themselves.

When I was a child I did engage in an arduous struggle to pass: learning English, getting rid of my accent, becoming conversant with the culture in all its large and small aspects.

Because of the way we let the actors improvise, it feels like you're watching people react rather than actors reading lines - so I think that's always going to be something I like.

Positive people have more friends which is a key factor of happiness and longevity.