There is no way of writing stories that I haven't done.

The movers and shakers have always been obsessive nuts.

You write a story about loneliness, and you grab them all because everybody's an expert on that one.

Science fiction, outside of poetry, is the only literary field which has no limits, no parameters whatsoever.

Writing is a communication.

Ninety percent of everything is crap.

Why must we love where the lightning strikes, and not where we choose?

Sure, 90% of science fiction is crud. That's because 90% of everything is crud.

The first writing I did was short short stories for a newspaper syndicate for which I was paid five dollars a piece on publication.

I write a story as if it were a letter to someone and essentially, that's what you do.

Logic and truth are two very different things, but they often look the same to the mind that's performing the logic.

A key thing in being a leader is you’ve got to pause yourself.

But you the pathways of the sky Found first, and tasted heavenly springs, Unfettered as the lark that sings, And knew strange raptures, - though we sigh, "Poor Iccarus!"

Heels are really hard to wear. I feel bad for every girl that has to wear heels or chooses to wear heels. They're not fun.

The people I know that have the hardest time keeping it together emotionally are people that don't workout.

You can't keep an ignorant population healthy.

When I was young, poverty was so common that we didn't know it had a name.

People are rapidly losing hope and trust. They believe their government has been captured by special interests and no longer cares about them, and they are right.

More love, more power, more of You in my life. I will worship You with all of my heart, I will worship You with all of my mind, I will worship You with all of my strength, for You are my Lord.

Sometimes you cannot help what you hear, you cannot help what you see.

The island Mayo is generally barren, being dry, as I said; and the best of it is but a very indifferent soil.