Science fiction, outside of poetry, is the only literary field which has no limits, no parameters whatsoever.

The movers and shakers have always been obsessive nuts.

You write a story about loneliness, and you grab them all because everybody's an expert on that one.

Writing is a communication.

Ninety percent of everything is crap.

Why must we love where the lightning strikes, and not where we choose?

Sure, 90% of science fiction is crud. That's because 90% of everything is crud.

The first writing I did was short short stories for a newspaper syndicate for which I was paid five dollars a piece on publication.

I write a story as if it were a letter to someone and essentially, that's what you do.

Logic and truth are two very different things, but they often look the same to the mind that's performing the logic.

They say dogs ignore their reflections in mirrors because they can't smell them. Dogs, unlike people, are not fooled by what they see.

We have already said more goodbyes than are necessary. Those were goodbyes that brought about the end of partings. We taught each other that no parting is possible.

Sin drains strength. Righteousness gives strength.

They say if it's too good to be true, it usually is..... Unless it's me.

I think about God, yes, and I wonder if there is a God. And if there is a God, will God please help me through my hard trips.

Now this is a way to approach our healthcare problems: increase the number of tax collectors and decrease the number of doctors - brilliant!

I haven't had to struggle very much. I haven't paid my dues. I think I have been lucky.

To be successful one must be willing to learn and apply new concepts and not be afraid of change.

The pain will not go away by getting angry or bitter, it will go away when you learn to accept life's challenges with grace and ease

Seriously, I don't know any American girl who can resist an English accent.

you got two feet, Sethe, not four." he said, and right then a forest sprang up between them; tactless and quiet.