It's not going to do any good to land on Mars if we're stupid.

That's the great secret of creativity. You treat ideas like cats: you make them follow you.

Your intuition knows what to write, so get out of the way.

You either have an imaginative mind or you don't. All of my writing is God-given. I don't write my stories - they write themselves.

I have never listened to anyone who criticized my taste in space travel, sideshows or gorillas. When this occurs, I pack up my dinosaurs and leave the room.

You let the story cool off and then, instead of rewriting it, you relive it.

I like to watch people. Sometimes I ride the subway all day and look at them and listen to them. I just want to figure out who they are and what they want and where they're going.