It's very difficult for a black man to get out of South-Central Los Angeles, and get out civilized....The only men I know who have escaped, all began reading Robert Heinlein at age ten.

I never got good at predicting what millions of people will suddenly decide is rational.

I'd repair our education system or replace it with something that works.

Fear is the brother of hate.

The Product of Freedom and Security is a constant (F X S = k). Giving up freedom for security is beginning to look naive.

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 a collaboration, each author will do 75% of the work.