Once in awhile you have a thought, and you rhyme it.

I never abandoned either forms or freedom. I imagine that most of what could be called free verse is in my first book. I got through that fairly early.

When you write it doesn't occur to you that somebody could think different from what you do.

Absolute power corrupts absolutely; and if you surrender your personal responsibility to a government which promises to take care of you, they will only take care of themselves.

This Constitutional Republic called America is an historic aberration. Any honest student of history will note that the prevailing socio-economic system is feudalism, where a tiny minority control the vast majority of wealth, power, and resources. In doing so, they have absolute control over the 99% of the population. Power equals control.

Nothing in the universe can travel at the speed of light, they say, forgetful of the shadow's speed.

Short stories amount for the most part to parlour tricks, party favours with built-in snappers, gadgets for including recognition and reversals