In the beginning was the dream, and the work of disenchantment never ends.

Habits begin to form at the very first repetition. After that there is a tropism toward repetition, for the patterns involved are defenses , bulwarks against time and despair.

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

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

Life is insanely robust, though we can make species go extinct, and this is the bad thing. So I always make the point that you can't say, 'Is it too late?' That is the terrible question, because either answer promotes inaction. If it's too late, you don't need to act; if it's not too late, you don't need to act.

It was not power that corrupted people, but fools who corrupted power.

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.