The universe is eight billion years old, the last two billion of which have produced intelligent life. During this time not one hour of absolute equity has prevailed.

In fact, almost every job you get somebody watching you.

I'd never been published when I was young.

A man is like a rope: both break at a definite strain....The solution is not splicing the rope; it's lessening the tension.

Well, I think everything I've ever read contributes to the background from which I write.

But, for instance, when I was awfully young, I read all the Oz books. They were an enormous influence on me.

An inch of foreknowledge is worth ten miles of after-thought.