No, no, no - you don't argue with concepts. You have to claim Dogma, and therefore leave no room for rational thought.

I always had this non-stop drive. I had to keep sending stories out and every once in awhile I'd get something accepted or get the little trickle of positive feedback.

Each book will have a lot of cliffhangers, because I like that.

A moment of consideration often prevents a thousand apologies

Every spare second I would write, somehow. On my lunch hour, too.

Over the years, I've trained myself to speak using the same language I would use if I were typing: meaning using full sentences in the way that paragraphs and scenes are arranged.

My dad is a bank president and my mom was an accountant and they didn't think that seeking the life of a freelance writer was very practical, you see. Of course, I was just as determined to do it.

If you had an alien race that looked like insects, then they would build robots to look like themselves, not to look like people.

The real key is time management and being able to focus on what you need to, on using every available minute to accomplish something that needs to be done.

One of the things that was kind of shocking for humans... was to come to terms with was the fact that, hey, we may not be the center of the universe.

Wouldn't you like to have an augmented memory chip that you could plug into your head so you don't have to look everything up and remember everything?

How does it feel to be seven thousand years old?""That depends.""On what?""On how I want to feel.

You have to set somebody free for them to return

There's a higher form of happiness in commitment. I'm counting on it.

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

When you find a burden in belief or apparel, cast it off.

With modern American dentistry it is simply amazing to see what transformation can be wrought in a single day.

Wherever you encounter truth, look upon it as Christianity.

Hee that gives thee a bone, would not have thee die.

There are people who are not wealthy because they want to be comfortable.

Just one more word. If I ever run into any of you bums on the street corner, just let's pretend we never met before.