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

It is perfectly okay to write garbage – as long as you edit brilliantly.

There are three kinds of people I've found: those who think the universe is good, those who believe it's corrupt, and those who don't want to think about it any more than they can help. I prefer the first two.

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.

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

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

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