The fact is, almost everything you do is collaborative. Somewhere out there, someone else had a hand it it.

Content isn't king. If I sent you to a desert island and gave you the choice of taking your friends or your movies, you'd choose your friends -- if you chose the movies, we'd call you a sociopath. Conversation is king. Content is just something to talk about.

It's hard not to like Asimov; he's a really likable guy.

Never underestimate the determination of a kid who is time-rich and cash-poor.

Write even when the world is chaotic.

I'd never been a tall guy, and the girls I'd dated had all been my height--teenaged girls grow faster than guys, which is a cruel trick of nature.

This is why I loved technology: if you used it right, it could give you power and privacy.