Maybe war is an inevitable product of human nature. Maybe to get rid of war, we have to become something other than human.

Bad books on writing tell you to "WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW", a solemn and totally false adage that is the reason there exist so many mediocre novels about English professors contemplating adultery.

Tonight we're going to show you eight silent ways to kill a man.

Rationalism doesn't require "belief," only observation. The real, measurable world doesn't care what you believe.

The worst advice a young writer can get is "Write what you know." Imagination is more important than experience.

All experience is memory, and so everything you write about is from memory-unless you're writing about typing.

A good sign that an army has been around too long is that it starts getting top-heavy with officers.

There's no such thing as writing about the future. The future hasn't happened yet.

Doctors don’t seem to realize that most of us are perfectly content not having to visualize ourselves as animated bags of skin filled with obscene glop.

Big money seeks out the company of its own, for purposes of reproduction.

Writer's block? Don't worry about it. Either it goes away or you die.

Not what happens to youBut how you accept itIs of paramount importance.

But grace and effort are not opposites. Grace and earning are opposites.

No more tomorrows. Today is the day.

I'm very happy with my life. I am what I am. I don't worry about anything that I can't control. That's a really good lesson in life.

I can do what I need to do. I can get where I want to go, no matter how hard it is.

Yes, they have more money.

We currently have a system for taking care of sickness. We do not have a system for enhancing and promoting health.

Peacekeeping works in some situations, but it very often needs other ingredients. Peacekeeping is not the aspirin of international security.

I'll tell you what I'm fighting for. Not for England, nor her allies, nor any patriotic cause. It's all come down to the hope of being with you.

I'm a sign painter with no boss.