Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer. All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer. Science-fiction allowed me to go places that were otherwise inaccessible, which is why I started reading it.

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.

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.

I see the Jedi mission as giving up a normal life in exchange for protecting the innocent. It's a life of sacrifice. There are rewards, but also a certain degree of sterility.

The universe is full of dead people who lived by assumption.

Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.

In loquaciousness lay insanity.