Whatever I'm reading at the moment seems to influence whatever I'm writing.

I found some time ago that I have to be careful, while working on a novel, what I read.

The future, according to some scientists, will be exactly like the past, only more expensive.

An artist's life is supposed to lead toward his masterpiece, not away from it.

I think these days an SF connection would be a boost to other books; I'm sure more people have read my two little detective puzzles because of the SF connection.

SF has at least the advantage of not depending on preconceptions.

In most conventional novels, God is not allowed to be nuts. Nor are nuts allowed to be God.

I have a kind of standard explanation why, which goes like this: Science fiction is one way of making sense out of a senseless world.

The problem and privilege we all have is being alive in this century and able to read this language. It makes any list meaningless except the list of an illiterate.

People have laughed at all great inventors and discoverers.

Most publishers seem very reluctant to publish short story collections at all; they bring them out in paperback, often disguised as novels.

(...)normalcy is an illusion. Each person is utterly unique. A standard of normalcy is something that most people of the world simply will never access.

Love and despair go hand in hand.

Cast your cares on God; that anchor holds.

Nothing is impossible when we follow our inner guidance, even when its direction may threaten us by reversing our usual logic.

I suppose my liking for Italy is partly atavism, my family are of the old Roman stock. They came from the Alps north of Venice.

In love, as in dreams, all is possible

I was not able to stop or slow down the Vietnam War.

It's only the dead who'll tell you the truth.

I want the public as well as libraries and schools to enjoy unlimited access to public-domain books. This means no charges for these kind of texts themselves.

There comes a time in the affairs of man when he must take the bull by the tail and face the situation.