In a society of criminals, the innocent man goes to jail.

The real origin of science fiction lay in the seventeeth-century novels of exploration in fabulous lands. Therefore Jules Verne's story of travel to the moon is not science fiction because they go by rocket but because of where they go. It would be as much science fiction if they went by rubber band.

She makes life over, he realized. She controls life, whereas I just sit on my can and let it happen to me.

What scared me the most was when my father would put on the gasmask. His face would disappear... This was not a human being at all.

Skill is a function of chance. It’s an intuitive best-use of chance situations.

In a society of criminals, the innocent man goes to jail.

I am a reader. I am a writer. People assume I do these things to escape. You couldn't be more right. I'm escaping a world I don't like. A world I have no control in. In this world, I am nothing. I am a color, a height, a weight, a number. But in the world of books and writing, I am amazing. I am powerful. I am different. People are better. Worlds are endless. Change is possible. Life is manageable.