One mark of a good officer, he remembered, was the ability to make quick decisions. If they happen to be right, so much the better.

I'd visit the near future, close enough that someone might want to talk to Larry Niven and can figure out the language; distant enough to get me decent medical techniques and a ticket to the Moon.

But... watching Steven Barnes taught me to treat my life like an art form.

Never tell a computer to forget it.

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

I've spent a lot of my life among people brighter than myself.

Ethics change with technology.