The purpose of the law is not to prevent a future offense, but to punish the one actually committed.

The creator's concern is the conquest of nature. The parasite's concern is the conquest of men.

To sell your soul is the easiest thing in the world. That's what everybody does every hour of his life. If I asked you to keep your soul - would you understand why that's much harder?

The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.

Even in dialogue, your own style rules your selection. Do not give yourself a blank check of this kind: 'I'll merely reproduce what I think a character like so-and-so would say.' You have to reproduce it in the way your literary premises dictate.

Compromise now, because you'll have to later, anyway, only then you'll have gone through things you'll wish you hadn't.

Freedom (n.): To ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing.