The vast majority, who believe in astrology and think that the planets have nothing better to do than form a code that will tell them whether tomorrow is a good day to close a business deal or not, become all the more excited and enthusiastic.

Arthur Clarke says that I am first in science and second in science fiction in accordance with an agreement we have made. I say he is first in science fiction and second in science.

Science fiction writers foresee the inevitable, and although problems and catastrophes may be inevitable, solutions are not.

It has always been my ambition to die in harness with my head face down on a keyboard and my nose caught between two of the keys.

It is not so much that I have confidence in scientists being right, but that I have so much in nonscientists being wrong.

Meanwhile, fears of universal disaster sank to an all time low over the world.

Any planet is 'Earth' to those that live on it.