I have never been a critic of science fiction as a whole.

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.

Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.

People worried too much about their children. Suffering when you're young is good for you. It immunized your body and soul...

A rose's prick is better than a daisy's kiss.

Every experience we have is necessary and perfect. In other words, everything is Perfect.

What greater happiness is there than the privilege of being bored together?

By and large, reporters and editors are devoutly secular and deeply distrustful of those who act on faith.

The power of the past to still dominate our thinking today.

Invention is the pleasure you give yourself when other people's stuff isn't good enough.

God alone is truth, everything else is transitory and illusory.

Trust me when I tell you, Eaton boy, that resisting is worth doing.