But I've sure worked at jobs where I have been under inspection.

I was a carpenter for a time and everybody watches what you do.

A reader is not supposed to be aware that someone's written the story. He's supposed to be completely immersed, submerged in the environment.

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.

I know that the history of man is not his technical triumphs, his kills, his victories. It is a composite, a mosaic of a trillion pieces, the account of each man's accommodation with his conscience. This is the true history of the race.

I just wrote what I felt like writing since they seemed to sell.

Somebody else's ignorance is bliss.