You can never properly predict the future as it really turns out. So you are doing something a little different when you write science fiction. You are trying to take a different perspective on now.

We are here to inscribe ourselves on the universe, and it is not inappropriate to remind ourselves of this when blank slates are given us.

A lot of scientists act on their beliefs and so do things that look crazy to the rest of us.

Desire is life trying to continue to be life. All living things desire... Life is wanting.

The distinguishing mark of true adventures, is that it is often no fun at all while they are actually happening.

Reincarnation is a story we tell; then in the end it's the story itself that is the reincarnation.

It was a mistake to speak one's mind at any time, unless it perfectly matched your political purpose; and it never did.