I can't help believing that these things that come from the subconscious mind have a sort of truth to them. It may not be a scientific truth, but it's psychological truth.

When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults and they enter society, one of the politer names of hell. That is why we dread children, even if we love them, they show us the state of our decay.

Fantasy is literature for teenagers.

Science fiction is no more written for scientists than ghost stories are written for ghosts.

Why had I become a writer in the first place? Because I wasn't fit for society; I didn't fit into the system.

I am a writer and always was; being a writer is an integral part of my identity. Being published, being well regarded, is a component of that identity.

When you are young, you enjoy a sustained illusion that sooner or later something marvelous is going to happen, that you are going to transcend your parents' limitations.