There's always hope... even when there isn't faith. And sometimes, without hope or faith, there must be charity.

None of us could be happy for long, doing nothing.

Science isn't done by consensus. It's done by rigorous testing.

Home is where the people who live there need me to come home to them, and worry about me when I'm gone. There's no such place on this earth, no matter how far I drive.

...You believe that the kind of story you want to tell might be best received by the science fiction and fantasy audience. I hope you're right, because in many ways this is the best audience in the world to write for. They're open-minded and intelligent. They want to think as well as feel, understand as well as dream. Above all, they want to be led into places that no one has ever visited before. It's a privilege to tell stories to these readers, and an honour when they applaud the tale you tell.

Darkness bound them closer than light.

I hope I am remembered by my children as a good father.