There was so much that you could do, instead of looking for things that you couldn't do.

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.

We are the lucky ones for we shall die, as there is an infinite number of possible forms of DNA all but a few billions of which will never burst into consciousness.

A delight to read is a great treasure.

History was more than just stories, he reminded himself as the men walked forward with their burdens. It taught lessons as well.

Reflection can be painful, but reflection can also be productive.

My hair was too big. And my head is big, and my hair is big, so my helmet gets too small. So I have to make a haircut.

I don't get insomnia, but I do get the odd night when I can't unwind.

Isn't it better to regret things you've done, than regret things you've never even tried?

When I was younger, I thought LisaRaye sounded so country, but I've come to really appreciate my family-given name. I was named after my father, David Ray McCoy, and I'm totally a daddy's girl.

My religious belief teaches me to feel as safe in battle as in bed.