Only a knowledgeable, empowered and vocal citizenry can perform well in democracy.

The measure of (mental) health is flexibility (not comparison to some 'norm'), the freedom to learn from experience ... to be influenced by reasonable arguments ... and the appeal to the emotions ... and especially the freedom to cease when sated. The essence of illness is the freezing of behavior into unalterable and insatiable patterns.

There's no doubt that scientific training helps many authors to write better science fiction. And yet, several of the very best were English majors who could not parse a differential equation to save their lives.

The sane are usually attracted by other things than power.

The fundamental premise of sci-fi is not spaceships and lasers - it's that children can learn from the mistakes of their parents.

If you believe you can make a living as a writer, you already have enough ego.

Everything isn't subjective. Reality also matters. Truth matters. It is still a word with meaning.