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 have had wealth, rank and power, but, if these were all I had, how wretched I should be.

Science fiction is the search for a definition of mankind and his status in the universe which will stand in our advanced but confused state of knowledge (science), and is characteristically cast in the Gothic or post Gothic mode.

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.

Keep violence in the mind Where it belongs (Barefoot in the Head)

There are two kinds of writer: those that make you think, and those that make you wonder.

A writer should say to himself, not, How can I get more money?, but How can I reach more readers (without lowering standards)?