But please remember: this is only a work of fiction. The truth, as always, will be far stranger.

Perhaps, as some wit remarked, the best proof that there is Intelligent Life in Outer Space is the fact it hasn't come here. Well, it can't hide forever - one day we will overhear it.

The realisation that our small planet is only one of many worlds gives mankind the perspective it needs to realise sooner that our own world belongs to all its creatures.

This is the first age that's ever paid much attention to the future, which is a little ironic since we may not have one.

I have a fantasy where Ted Turner is elected President but refuses because he doesn't want to give up power.

One of the biggest roles of science fiction is to prepare people to accept the future without pain and to encourage a flexibility of the mind. Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories.

God said, 'Cancel Program GENESIS.' The universe ceased to exist.