Everybody walks past a thousand story ideas every day.

It's the middle class that feels the luxury of being able to have causes.

Even the most introverted person alive is constantly hungry for human association

The worst thing about the fantasies of the mentally ill is that they're so damned consistent. They never let up. They never give you any rest.

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

Short stories are designed to deliver their impact in as few pages as possible. A tremendous amount is left out, and a good short story writer learns to include only the most essential information.

There is a myth that homosexuals are 'born that way,' and we are pounded with this idea so thoroughly that many people think that somebody, somewhere, must have proved it.