Drowning people Sometimes die Fighting their rescuers.

When your rage is choking you, it is best to say nothing.

The thing about science fiction is that it's totally wide open. But it's wide open in a conditional way.

People who want to write either do it or they don't. At last I began to say that my most important talent - or habit - was persistence. Without it, I would have given up writing long before I finished my first novel. It's amazing what we can do if we simply refuse to give up.

When I meet a woman who attracts me, I prefer women,' she said. 'And when I meet a man who attracts me, I prefer men.' 'You mean you haven't made up your mind yet.' 'I mean exactly what I said. I told you you wouldn't like it. Most people who ask want me definitely on one side or the other.

I'm me, and I'm here, and I'm writing.

...I realized that I knew less about loneliness than I had thought - and much less than I would know when he went away.