The more people that meet each other, the better it is for all of them. ("The Gift Of God").

Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man.

Achilles exists only through Homer . Take away the art of writing from this world , and you will probably take away its glory .

Incredible things can be done simply if we are committed to making them happen.

I'm a firm believer in my higher power havin' a plan, and he's never wrong, and he's not open to suggestions.

The solution of every problem is another problem

I'd visit the near future, close enough that someone might want to talk to Larry Niven and can figure out the language; distant enough to get me decent medical techniques and a ticket to the Moon.

Women, ever since there have been women, have had a way of being people.

I've never really lived a conventional life, so I think it's quite foolish for me or anyone else to start thinking that I am going to start making conventional choices.

Everyone's got their own velocity, and there's no real time frame with comedy.

If complexity doesn't beat you, paradox will.