No dictator, no invader, can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever. There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom. Against that power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand. The Centauri learned this lesson once. We will teach it to them again. Though it take a thousand years, we will be free.

Coming from TV and film, rule number one is that you always service the main character first and foremost. If that's not working, you've got nothing.

My philosophy: find what it is you want to say, walk in the room, say it, and get the hell out.

No dictator, no invader, can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.

I also like to look at the dynamic that takes place between religion and science because, in a way, both are asking the same questions: Who are we? Where do we come from? Why are we here? Where are we going? The methodologies are diametrically opposed, but their motivation is the same; the wellspring is the same in both cases.

People in a cluster are bound to each other automatically, and can see each other automatically.

The sky was full of stars, and every star an exploding ship.