The success of a science fiction writer is if he can write a good read.

Attempting to define science fiction is an undertaking almost as difficult, though not so popular, as trying to define pornography... In both pornography and SF, the problem lies in knowing exactly where to draw the line.

Now I'm a scientific expert; that means I know nothing about absolutely everything.

Isn't killing people in the name of God a pretty good definition of insanity?

Science fiction seldom attempts to predict the future. More often than not, it tries to prevent the future.

Never attribute to malevolence what is merely due to incompetence

You can't have it both ways. You can't have both free will and a benevolent higher power who protects you from yourself.