In the ghetto of Genre, anything goes, man. When you live in the gutter it doesn’t matter if you’re filthy. In theory anyway.

Losing maturity in one’s fiction for the sake of marvels and monsters can also mean losing propriety, and that’s not always a bad thing.

I likes me some ‘Shit Blows Up’ fiction, don’t get me wrong.

–It’s not Sci-Fi, we insist, It’s SF.Every time you say that a Venusian Slime Boy dies, you know.

Soylent Brown? It ain’t people, but it comes from them.

All worlds of fiction are alternative realities.

For some the label sci-fi is just a shortand for science fiction, an alternative to sf gesturing at ... you know, that stuff we like.

All prejudice presents itself as piety, propriety.

The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.

Hope drowned in shadowsemerges fiercely splendid––boldly angelic.

I have a past, okay? And you really don't want to get involved with it.''Everybody's got a past, ' he said. 'That doesn't mean you can't have a future.

His face looked almost as gray as his suit, and the pouches beneath his eyes looked like little bags for holding all the sadness that his head couldn't hold.

Everyone is a Wordsworth in certain moods, and every traveler seeks out places that every traveler has missed.

Victory favors the team making the fewest mistakes.

The U.S. prosecution service is eating at the soul of the American republic. It is an absolute danger to everyone.

At a time when we are losing manufacturing jobs in this country, we should be doing everything we can to help our manufacturers stay competitive. They are the backbone of our economy.

When it's raining like this," said Naoko, "it feels as if we're the only ones in the world. I wish it would just keep raining so the three of us could stay together.

The only 'natural enemies' are those who take one's very nature as an offence.