Everything starts as somebody's daydream.

Consider the true picture. Think of myriads of tiny bubbles, very sparsely scattered, rising through a vast black sea. We rule some of the bubbles. Of the waters we know nothing.

Psi and/or magical powers, if real, are nearly useless.

For each human being there is an optimum ratio between change and stasis. Too little change, he grows bored. Too little stability, he panics and loses his ability to adapt. One who marries six times in ten years won't change jobs. One who moves often to serve his company will maintain a stable marriage. A woman chained to one home and family may redecorate frantically or take a lover or go to many costume parties.

In hindsight it may even seem inevitable that a socialist society will starve when it runs out of capitalists.

Never be embarrassed or ashamed by anything you choose to write.

The perversity of the Universe tends towards a maximum.