I have no fear, for fear is the little death that kills me over and over. Without fear, I die but once.

There's an unwritten compact between you and the reader. If someone enters a bookstore and sets down hard earned money (energy) for your book, you owe that person some entertainment and as much more as you can give.

The function of science fiction is not always to predict the future but sometimes to prevent it.

They say they seek security and quiet, the condition they call peace. Even as they speak they create the seeds of turmoil and violence.

Balance is what distinguishs a people from a mob.

It was mostly sweet," he whispered, "and you were the sweetest of all.

Time is a measure of space, just as a range-finder is a measure of space, but measuring locks us into the place we measure.