In Washington and Moscow they are saying, 'Man has finally come of age; he doesn't need paternalistic help.' Which is another way of saying, 'We have abolished that help, and in its place we will rule,' offering no help at all: taking but not giving, ruling but not obeying, telling but not listening, taking life and not giving it. The slayers govern now, without interference; the dreams of mankind have become empty.

You're killing yourself with cynicism. Your idols got taken away from you one by one and now you have nothing to give your love to.

All responsible writers, to some degree, have become involuntary criers of doom, because doom is in the wind

I was twelve when I read my first sf magazine

That is the artist's job: take mineral rock from dark silent earth, transform it into shining light-reflecting form from sky.

In a civil war… every side is wrong. It’s hopeless to try to untangle it. Everyone is a victim.

When two people dream the same dream, it ceases to be an illusion.