No one was going to stop me from writing and no one had to really guide me towards science fiction. It was natural, really, that I would take that interest.

I was raised Baptist, and I like the fact that I got my conscience installed early.

All that you touch You Change. All that you Change Changes you. The only lasting truth is Change. God is Change.

In order to rise From its own ashes A phoenix First Must Burn.

To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool.

Drowning people Sometimes die Fighting their rescuers.

Kindness eases change Love quiets fear

When your rage is choking you, it is best to say nothing.

We're all capable of climbing so much higher than we usually permit ourselves to suppose.

There is no end To what a living world Will demand of you.

Be who you are and not who someone else thinks you ought to be.

I seek a deeper truth, but I don't think I have to go to a building designated for worship to find it.

Life is too short to spare an hour of it in the indulgence of this evil passion.

My neighbor is now an 18-wheeler who comes by here 1,000 times a day.

There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting, and enslaving than the life at sea.

... the natural world is the old river that runs through everything, and I think poets will forever fish along its shores.

The drama of life begins with a wail and ends with a sigh.

If you are stimulated by what you do, you never get tired

We obtain better knowledge of a person during one hour's play and games than by conversing with him for a whole year

When life gives you lemons. . . You might as well shove 'em where the sun don't shine, because you sure as hell aren't ever going to see any lemonade.

Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefit.