The young remember most deeply.... When we are old and failing, it is the memories of childhood which can be summoned most clearly.

If there is a true religion in the universe, it must include the truth of contact or be forever hollow.

I think challenges are what any decent writer would be all about. If you actually do find your slide and grease it, shame on you. Me, I get bored very easily. As a writer I get bored even faster than I do in real life. I mean, I like fast cars; I've driven a lot of racecars. You need some stimulation. If I find something that seems too difficult to do, too difficult to research, or beyond your writing abilities, it's a perfect invitation to try it.

The young remember most deeply.... When we are old and failing, it is the memories of childhood which can be summoned most clearly.

Power: a currency that never went out of style.

Pain is an interesting and off-putting thing. Few if any things in life concentrate our attention so completely and terribly, and few things are more boring to listen to or read about.

We are not the only avatars of humanity. Once our computing machines achieved self-consciousness, they became part of this design.