Spontaneity is one of the joys of existence, especially if you prepare for it in advance.

The thing all writers do best is find ways to avoid writing.

Where lies the line between sorcery and science? It is only a matter of terminology, my friend.

Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.

Keep writing. Try to do a little bit every day, even if the result looks like crap. Getting from page four to page five is more important than spending three weeks getting page four perfect.

It is always hard when reality intrudes on belief.

In one book, CACHALOT, just for my own amusement, every character is based directly on someone I have known.

How much research I have to do depends on the nature of the story. For fantasy, none at all.

Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers. Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn't done too badly.

If you're crazy, there's two things you can do to make yourself feel better: One is to get yourself cured. The other is to make everyone you have to deal with crazy.

The universe is full of dead people who lived by assumption.

Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information on it.

You're here. I'm here. I love you. I'm gonna pee all over the floor about it.

A circus is like a mother in whom one can confide and who rewards and punishes.

I have seized the light. I have arrested its flight.

I like crazy, childlike, candy bar-filled cakes with gooey caramel, chocolate-covered nuts, marshmallows, and the like.

Lita wait! I need advice on taking 5 guys at once!

Everybody wants to defeat the defending champs.

I never get tired of the blue sky.

Disneyland is a work of love.

Popularity is exhausting. The life of the party almost always winds up in a corner with an overcoat over him.