That most dangerous of opponents: the one who took pains to comprehend the position of his adversary.

Being terrified but going ahead and doing what must be done—that's courage. The one who feels no fear is a fool, and the one who lets fear rule him is a coward.

When one person makes an accusation, check to be sure he himself is not the guilty one. Sometimes it is those whose case is weak who make the most clamour.

When you steal from the library, you are preventing anyone else from reading that book, and the very notion makes me want to drop you in the Void.

One day you'll discover that the opinions of worthless people are worthless.

Happy children do not seem to grow up to be writers.

Information is power. --Humfrey

But one must go where one's road leads, even when it's a distressing road.

All things make sense; you just have to fathom how they make sense.

SF is the literature of the theoretically possible, and F is the literature of the impossible.

Obviously it could be, because it was.

One can be the master of what one does, but never of what one feels.

It is better by noble boldness to run the risk of being subject to half of the evils we anticipate than to remain in cowardly listlessness for fear of what might happen.

I'm not a slave driver or a yeller. I was yelled at in kitchens and other workplaces.

The minute what you think of as radical becomes an institutionalised, funded operation, you're in some trouble.

It's awfully easy to be in love in jail

I've never chased the dollar, I've always chased the reader's heart. I love having more readers. The more people who read it, the more thrilled I am.

I got to sit down with people who I admired, and have conversations with some of the greatest thinkers and artists and performers. It's a huge privilege for me to be a journalist.

I think very few people in Canada are seeking - to regulate any public expressions of individuals' religions.

All the time I pray to Buddha I keep on killing mosquitoes.

Psychedelic experiences and dreams are chemical cousins; they are only different in degree.