Writing allows me the time to travel and see the world, which is what I always wanted to do. I'd really like to have been Sir Richard Francis Burton, but it's the wrong century.

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.

Morality is what the queen expects from the hive, not from herself.

It wouldn’t matter if he was a bad boy, if you got rid of your bad habit. Be encouraged

All punk rockers hate Christmas.

I was kind of a selfish child, who always wanted things his way, and I've kind of taken that over into my relationship with the world.

Philosophy is the product of wonder.

Why don't we just expand ourselves into our perfect form, our perfect being?

Study: 60% of young Americans plan to buy firearms. The other 40% were confused, saying they thought they were free under Obamacare.

History is one damn thing after another.

Nothing is more unbecoming to a teacher of the Word than flippancy. He must be serious and should not act like a clown.

Your mind is your religion.