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

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

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

Writing day and night for months… that’s hard.

Inevitably the party trying to resolve a matter had to contend with the party most willing to exploit it.

The warrior may fight for gold or for an immediate gain, or for something to take home for the winter to feed the family. The soldier is part of a more complex society. He's fighting for a group ethic of some sort.

Deal with the Devil if the Devil has a constituency - and don't complain about the heat.