The absurdist stuff wasn't terribly popular at the time I was doing it.

A lot of us don't want to be quite that serious about world problems. Our life is there to enjoy, not to be an eternal dissident, eternally unhappy with how things are and with the state of mankind.

Action isn’t my forte. I’m an expert on contemplation and mild regret.

I've always thought of absurdism as a French fad I'd like to belong to.

Science fiction is very healthy in its form.

I'm quite influenced in this by one of my heroes, Montaigne, who thought a man's real task was to render as honest an account of himself as he could.

It is a truism throughout the civilized galaxy that when you go to the police, your troubles really begin.

I'm not too fond of the hard work and the constant battle with self-doubt that goes on when I write, but I figure that's part of the territory.

I sell well now in Russia. I remember one signing in Russia some years ago where the bookstore had two strongmen to hold the crowds back.

Once you find you can't walk as far and as fast as you were able, life becomes more complicated.

I'm not so interested any more in how a great deal of science fiction goes. It goes into things like Star Wars and Star Trek which all go excellent in their own way.

Censorship may promote the lies, but it does not alter the truth.

Sorrow is the violent smashing of reason, in that reason has no power over it.

Before you think of asking for support from someone for the success your dreams, ask yourself "how much of what I have can I invest?" Help yourself first!

You will be more disappointed in life by the things that you do not do than by the things that you do.

A mother's love is the morning sunshine that always enlightens our way.

Books will give you new ideas to fly and books can be find in the libraries

Nature gave men two ends-one to sit on and one to think with. Ever since then man's success or failure has been dependent on the one he used most.

Travel tips: How to avoid carsickness, seasickness and airsickness... Be careful what you eat. And stay home.

We live in an ironic society where even play is turned into work. But the highest existence is not work; the highest level of existence is play.

Democrats are awfully sensitive to losing power for a few years. I report, you decide.