I do not believe in personal immortality; it seems so unnecessary. Show me one man who deserves to live forever.

The longest journey begins with a single step, not with a turn of the ignition key.

When the biggest, richest, glassiest buildings in town are the banks, you know that town's in trouble.

And if the computer gives you any back talk, pour some well-sugared office coffee into its evil little silicon brain.

Those art lovers who pride themselves mostly on *taste* usually possess no other talent.

My books always make the best-seller lists in Wolf Hole, Arizona, and Hanksville, Utah.

All serious writers want the obvious rewards: fame, money, women, love -- and most of all, an audience!