No book or poem is ever finished, merely abandoned.

Any allegiance to a deity or concept or universal principal which put obedience above decent behavior toward an innocent human being evil.

All violence flows from the same source ... the need for power. Power is the only true morality ... the only deathless god, and the appetite for violence is its only commandment.

I loved almost everything about being a teacher, but I was an unusual teacher

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

But I think, and hope, that the novels can be understood and enjoyed as science fiction, on their own terms.

All of our lives are governed by a certain degree of faith in bullshit.