Well, writing was what I wanted to do, it was always what I wanted to do. I had novels to write so I wrote them.

You don't start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it's good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it. That's why I say one of the most valuable traits is persistence.

Well, writing was what I wanted to do, it was always what I wanted to do. I had novels to write so I wrote them.

No... a novel is a long business. I'm a slow writer, even when I'm doing very well I write slowly.

All that you touch You Change. All that you Change Changes you. The only lasting truth is Change. God is Change.

We need the stars... We need purpose! We need the image the Destiny to take root among the stars gives us of ourselves as a purposeful, growing species. We need to become the adult species that the Destiny can help us become! If we're to be anything other than smooth dinosaurs who evolve, specialize and die, we need the stars.... When we have no difficult, long-term purpose to strive toward, we fight each other. We destroy ourselves. We have these chaotic, apocalyptic periods of murderous craziness.

Belief initiates and guides action - or it does nothing.