People have laughed at all great inventors and discoverers.

I think these days an SF connection would be a boost to other books; I'm sure more people have read my two little detective puzzles because of the SF connection.

See, I have no journalism in my background, so I wasn't practised at research or writing non-fiction, nor at handling the truth in a journalistic way. Journalists know when to call a halt and write something, but I kept on looking for answers.

An artist's life is supposed to lead toward his masterpiece, not away from it.

The future, according to some scientists, will be exactly like the past, only more expensive.

Most publishers seem very reluctant to publish short story collections at all; they bring them out in paperback, often disguised as novels.

This is mainly because I spend a lot of time writing and so don't have much time to read; I hate to waste that time reading what may turn out to be junk food for the mind, when there's so much real writing to be read.