At conventions, one of the standard questions I get is, 'Are you writing any new novels?' To which I used to respond, in my smart-[alec] fashion, 'No, I've decided to write only old novels.'

And to all of you, what it really comes down to is: If you're buying a book with my name on it, I feel I owe it to you to have it be the best book that I can make it.

To the brave crew and passengers of the Kobayshi Maru…sucks to be you.

Maybe science is just magic with delusions of lack of grandeur.

What do we think of sex on television? Frankly, I think it's a pain. For one thing, the cable box gets wedged into your back and gets real uncomfortable.

Opposites can attract, as in magnetism. Or explode, as in matter and antimatter.

There are no such things as happy endings. Never. They're totally manufactured by fiction writers who choose to end the story on a high point.