The spaces between stars are where the work of the universe is done.

There is more time than there is expanse of the world and so any voyage at last will end.

Men and women are hard ore, we do not go to slag in a mere few seasons of forge.

Science cannot solve the ultimate mystery of nature. And that is because, in the last analysis, we ourselves are a part of the mystery that we are trying to solve.

We just held each other for warmth. I cannot recall that we even spoke to one another. Such was our shock. That day we learnt a new word—war.

I have no problem in moving a date one way or another or coming up with a subplot that gets my characters in (or out) of a fix more rambunctiously than the extant records show.

A great Country is not the Country with a great population, but a Country with a great number of persons that believe in entrepreneurship.

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval. The dark background which death supplies brings out the tender colors of life in all their purity.

I know I'm not supposed to like muscle cars, but I like muscle cars.

The States are nations.

The world is a very complex and interesting place and that is what I really want my fiction to say: wake up to how amazing the world is.

Power calls to those who are hungry for power, and there are hungry idiots everywhere.

The 'look of love' not only communicates our feeling of love for someone but also reflects our instinct to do whatever it takes to make that person happy.