Of course there are worlds. Millions of them! Every star you see has worlds, and most of those you don't see.

It is always useful, you see, to subject the past life of reform politicians to rather inquisitive research.

Once, when a religionist denounced me in unmeasured terms, I sent him a card saying, "I am sure you believe that I will go to hell when I die, and that once there I will suffer all the pains and tortures the sadistic ingenuity of your deity can devise and that this torture will continue forever. Isn't that enough for you? Do you have to call me bad names in addition?"

It was childish to feel disappointed, but childishness comes almost as naturally to a man as to a child.

[O]ur statesmen, our businessmen, our everyman must take on a science fictional way of thinking.

When I sit down at the typewriter, I write. Someone once asked me if I had a fixed routine before I start, like setting up exercises, sharpening pencils, or having a drink of orange juice. I said, "No, the only thing I do before I start writing is to make sure that I'm close enough to the typewriter to reach the keys."

One of Walt Whitman's best-known poems is this one: When I heard the learn'd astronomer,.... The trouble is, Whitman is talking through his hat, but the poor soul didn't know any better