My worlds are complex, and often suggest more than one story.

For me the purest and truest art in the world is science fiction.

A year of ending and beginning, a year of loss and finding... and all of you were with me through the storm. I drink your health, your wealth, your fortune for long years to come, and I hope for many more days in which we can gather like this.

Remember, constantly, that when you talk about 'tense of a subjunctive,' you're not talking about time. You're slipping through degrees of reality.

I most fear stupid people. Stupid people will do anything. Truly smart people will do only what is logical for them to do.

Average people didn't analyze what they thought: they thought they thought, and half of it was gut reaction.

Poisoning rarely happens in a well-managed kitchen.