Here's a quick rule of thumb: Don't annoy science fiction writers. These are people who destroy entire planets before lunch. Think of what they'll do to you.

When you're a teenager and you're in love, it's obvious to everyone but you and the person you're in love with.

Don’t discount that part of who he was just because you didn’t know it. None of us are all of who we are to any one person.

When you're a kid all you want to do is be somewhere else.

As a reader, I have a very short attention span and a low tolerance for boredom, and I find that comes in handy with my writing. If I get bored writing something, I pity the people who will then try to read it.

Here's a quick rule of thumb: Don't annoy science fiction writers. These are people who destroy entire planets before lunch. Think of what they'll do to you.

Part of what makes us human is what we mean to other people, and what people mean to us.