My self is a thing that I must now compose...as one composes a speech. What I must present is a 'made' thing. Not something born.

You can only be jealous of someone who has something you think you ought to have yourself.

But who can remember pain, once it’s over? All that remains of it is a shadow, not in the mind even, in the flesh. Pain marks you, but too deep to see. Out of sight, out of mind.

Ignoring isn’t the same as ignorance, you have to work at it.

You can think clearly only with your clothes on.

We yearned for the future. How did we learn it, that talent for insatiability?

Fatigue is here, in my body, in my legs and eyes. That is what gets you in the end. Faith is only a word, embroidered.

Truly amazing, what people can get used to, as long as there are a few compensations.

By telling you anything at all I'm at least believing in you, I believe you're there, I believe you into being.

How furious she must be, now that she's been taken at her word.

To want is to have a weakness.

The modern State, whether in a totalitarian or a democratic country, has far too much power, and we are probably right to fear it.

Every connection you create either helps or hurts you

Life is to short to be little.

And we broadcast tapes sent to us from Americans against the war. These were most effective I believe.

Let how you live your life stand for something, no matter how small and incidental it may seem.

Arguments are healthy. They clear the air.

Happiness is being served with a paternity suit on your 75th birthday.

I find that in the science fiction world, you have almost more women fans than male fans and I think it's because there's been such a shortage of strong female characters.

The biggest losers are those who care only about winning.

I talk to myself on paper about my characters - sometimes writing in first person... I keep lists of unanswered questions that I can always turn to in order to get myself going.