I don't want ever to be guilty of what my critics claim: doing formula without original elements.

I have always admired the work of Phil Farmer and was glad for the chance to work with him. Readers today may be too young to remember his classics like The Lovers.

SF is the literature of the theoretically possible, and F is the literature of the impossible.

It would be easier to write a novel without reader input, but I feel the fiction is richer for it.

When one person makes an accusation, check to be sure he himself is not the guilty one. Sometimes it is those whose case is weak who make the most clamour.

The biggest fool is the one who thinks he knows it all.

Being terrified but going ahead and doing what must be done—that's courage. The one who feels no fear is a fool, and the one who lets fear rule him is a coward.