That's all it takes, one drop of fear to curdle love into hate.

Love, when you get fear in it, it's not love any more. It's hate.

If your writing doesn't keep you up at night, it won't keep anyone else up either".

I loved her like a rabbit loves a rattlesnake

Writing a novel is like working on foreign policy. There are problems to be solved. It's not all inspirational.

You usually can tell when a writer is going down hill by the size of his liquor bill.

I write of the wish that comes true--for some reason, a terrifying thought.

She was a little given to rehearsing things in her mind, and having imaginary triumphs over people who had upset her in one way and another.

Time is the only critic.

If you have to do it, you can do it.

If you can't write like New York, you have no business living in New York and making New York the locale of your stories.

He who neglects the true Sovereign God neglects his own true authority and freedom!

For India the dedication of my life is similar to the salvation.

I think the least important thing about science fiction for me is its predictive capacity.

I mean being a writer is like being a psychoanalyst, but you don't get any patients.

If youre a singer, you do concerts, and you get that interaction with fans and see what cities in what part of the world come out to see you. When youre on television, youre removed from that.

I have one speed, I have one gear: Go!

Casey Blake (a former Minnesota Twin, now with the Indians) is a good friend of mine, I'd like to see the Indians win.

Bohemia is a commune in which the Revolution is over and everyone is a member of the aristocracy

Only friendship which can stand occasional plain speaking is worth having.

Why do you have to break up with her? Be a man. Just stop calling.