Beer, of course, is actually a depressant, but poor people will never stop hoping otherwise.

We are here for no purpose, unless we can invent one.

Give the reader at least one character he or she can root for.

I'm not a drug salesman. I'm a writer.

The people who taught really knew their stuff. My chemistry teacher, Frank Wade, was actually a chemist. I was so lucky in a number of ways.

I still believe that peace and plenty and happiness can be worked out some way. I am a fool.

If I hadn’t spent so much time studying Earthlings," said the Tralfamadorian, "I wouldn’t have any idea what was meant by 'free will.' I've visited thirty-one inhabited planets in the universe, and I have studied reports on one hundred more. Only on Earth is there any talk of free will.