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

If there were no such creatures as minstrel-maidens, it would be necessary to invent them.

I categorically declare first my absolute innocence, second my lack of criminal intent, and third my effusive apologies.

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.

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

Nothing is more conspicuous than a farting princess.

I got done writing Ports of Call and suddenly realized I have far too much material for the book.