The storm hit with all the fury of a woman who’d been dieting for six months, only to discover she’d gained four pounds.

The thing all writers do best is find ways to avoid writing.

Where lies the line between sorcery and science? It is only a matter of terminology, my friend.

Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.

Keep writing. Try to do a little bit every day, even if the result looks like crap. Getting from page four to page five is more important than spending three weeks getting page four perfect.

It is always hard when reality intrudes on belief.

Spontaneity is one of the joys of existence, especially if you prepare for it in advance.

In one book, CACHALOT, just for my own amusement, every character is based directly on someone I have known.

How much research I have to do depends on the nature of the story. For fantasy, none at all.

Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers. Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn't done too badly.

If you're crazy, there's two things you can do to make yourself feel better: One is to get yourself cured. The other is to make everyone you have to deal with crazy.

Love has never been conquered, not even by the greatest army.

I'll bet he light in the window.

Fractional Multiplicity' allows for a minute amount of our energy to be present in all places at all times.

She had willed her heart to stay small and contained, but it wouldn’t be. Oh, well.

Giving in a regular, disciplined, generous way-up to and beyond the tithe-is simply good sense in view of the promises of God.

[Armenian] is a rich language, however, and would amply repay any one the trouble of learning it.

Every soul is a battlefield.

As long as I keep enjoying my golf, then hopefully I'll be able to play well.

I think jeans with a little give are the smartest for a flight.

You're falling into the trap of believing everything that's in the political handbook, and at the top of the list it says you can't do anything without money. [Donald] Trump has.