We can't live alone in any society. But the best way to help a society or group, is to be the best individual in it that we can be.

I don't think the robots are taking over. I think the men who play with toys have taken over. And if we don't take the toys out of their hands, we're fools.

You learn to live with your crazy enthusiasms which nobody else shares, and then you find a few other nuts like yourself, and they're your friends for a lifetime. That's what friends are, the people who share your crazy outlook and protect you from the world, because nobody else is going to give a damn what you're doing, so you need a few other people like yourself.

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 think we're doing a dreadful job of educating.

Man has always been half-monster, half-dreamer.

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.