I was clasified as a 'Science Fiction' writer simply because I wrote about Schenectady.

Time is liquid. One moment is no more important than any other and all moments quickly run away.

What he meant, of course, was that there would always be wars, that they were as easy to stop as glaciers. I believe that, too. And even if wars didn't keep coming like glaciers, there would still be plain old death.

What had made me move through so many dead and pointless years was curiosity.

But I have to say this in defense of humankind: In no matter what era in history, including the Garden of Eden, everybody just got here. And, except for the Garden of Eden, there were already all these games going on that could make you act crazy, even if you weren't crazy to begin with. Some of the crazymaking games going on today are love and hate, liberalism and conservatism, automobiles and credit cards, golf, and girls' basketball.

Unhappy failures need not apply.

Just because you can read, write and do a little math, doesn't mean that you're entitled to conquer the universe.