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.

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

I do not think any SFWA communication should come anywhere NEAR the internet.

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.

Culture is how biology responds and makes its living conditions better.

Watch out for a man whose enemies keep disappearing.