People can be teachers and idiots; they can be philosophers and idiots; they can be politicians and idiots... in fact I think they have to be... a genius can be an idiot. The world is largely run for and by idiots; it is no great handicap in life and in certain areas is actually a distinct advantage and even a prerequisite for advancement.

...and I confess that, like a child, I cry. Ah, self-pity; I think we are at our most honest and sincere when we feel sorry for ourselves.

There is a quite a lot of effort involved but I find action sequences some of the quickest to write and the most fun.

Empathize with stupidity and you're halfway to thinking like an idiot.

It's a library, only the stupid or the evil are afraid of those

Technology determines the possibilities of society. It doesn't matter whether you start out from a fascist state or a communist state or a free-market state

Science fiction is trying to find alternative ways of looking at realities.