You're not like the others. I've seen a few; I know. When I talk, you look at me. When I said something about the moon, you looked at the moon, last night. The others would never do that. The others would walk off and leave me talking. Or threaten me. No one has time any more for anyone else. You're one of the few who put up with me. That's why I think it's so strange you're a fireman, it just doesn't seem right for you, somehow.

How do you get so empty? Who takes it out of you?

Time is so strange and life is twice as strange.

You've got to be able to look at your thoughts on paper and discover what a fool you were.

Love is easy, and I love writing. You can't resist love. You get an idea, someone says something, and you're in love.

I have two rules in life - to hell with it, whatever it is, and get your work done.

We Earth Men have a talent for ruining big, beautiful things. The only reason we didn't set up hot-dog stands in the midst of the Egyptian temple of Karnak is because it was out of the way and served no large commercial purpose.