I've never been in charge of my stories, they've always been in charge of me. As each new one has called to me, ordering me to give it voice and form and life, I've followed the advice I've shared with other writers over the years: jump off the cliff and build your wings on the way down.

Here at this far lost end of the continent, where the trail wagons had stopped and the people with them.

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

I have total recall. I remember being born. I remember being in the womb, I remember being inside. Coming out was great.

I don’t write things to benefit the world. If it happens that they do, swell. I didn’t set out to do that. I set out to have a hell of a lot of fun.

Are you happy?" she [Clarisse] said. "Am I what?" he [Montag] cried. But she was gone- running in the moonlight. Her front door shut gently.

The local TV news is the greatest danger in your life. It's all crap.