I am afraid of falling into hopeless despair, over my wasted life, and I am still not sure how it happened.

The best way of being kind to bears is not to be very close to them.

We have been shark to one another, but also lifeboat.

Speculative fiction encompasses that which we could actually do. Sci-fi is that which we're probably not going to see.

Kafka thought his stories were hilarious. We don't necessarily have that reaction to them, but he certainly laughed his head off every time he read them out loud.

If we were all on trial for our thoughts, we would all be hanged.

Laughter may instruct but it may also conceal, defending the joker against anger and retaliation: a game is only a game.