Bink knew the dolphin only from old pictures; it was a kind of magic fish that breathed air instead of water.

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

Have a working spouse, because you won't earn a living from writing - not at first, if ever. My wife worked for years to support us.

What I like least is dealing with publishers who simply don't want collaborations regardless of their merit.

...the sweetest temptation could be that which was known to be the most foolish.

One reason I don't suffer Writer's Block is that I don't wait on the muse, I summon it at need.

That most dangerous of opponents: the one who took pains to comprehend the position of his adversary.