There is a special sadness in achievement, in the knowledge that a long-desired goal has been attained at last, and that life must now be shaped toward new ends.

Absolutely no religious rites of any kind, relating to any religious faith, should be associated with my funeral.

The space elevator will be built about 50 years after everyone stops laughing.

I don't believe in astrology; I'm a Sagittarius and we're skeptical.

When I start on a book, I have been thinking about it and making occasional notes for some time... So I have lots of theme, locale, subjects and technical ideas... I don't worry about long periods of not doing anything. I know my subconscious is busy.

Good morning, doctors. I have taken the liberty of removing Windows 95 from my hard drive.

He was moving through a new order of creation, of which few men had ever dreamed. Beyond the realms of sea and land and air and space lay the realms of fire, which he alone had been privileged to glimpse. It was too much to expect that he would also understand.