There are no absolute certainties in this universe. A man must try to whip order into a yelping pack of probabilities, and uniform success is impossible.

Notice this rent in my garment; I am at a loss to explain its presence! I am even more puzzled by the existence of the universe.

But Roy Rockwood, it was science fiction for the sake of science fiction.

Vance has a genius in evoking the beauty of strangeness, the strangeness of beauty.

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

Since we are not permitted to act, we are obliged to know.

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