One of the advantages of having laws is the pleasure one may take in breaking them.

I just think people overvalue argument because they like to hear themselves talk.

My point has always been that, ever since the Industrial Revolution, science fiction has been the most important genre there is.

Smell is a very animal thing, almost reptilian, where the more cerebral things like reading less so.

I love writing and can't imagine not being able to do it. I want an easy life and if it had been difficult I wouldn't be doing it. I do admire writers who do it even though it costs them.

One should never regret one's excesses, only one's failures of nerve.

As long as a film stays unmade, the book is entirely yours, it belongs to the writer. As soon as you make it into a film, suddenly more people see it than have ever read the book.