I’m the thing you most desire, you represent the thing I least desire, death. It’s just the opposite of love.

Fire the doubters out of your life.

The library is the biggest cracker box factory in the world. The more you eat, the more you want.

...I mean, you don't just love people, you must LOVE them with exclamation points.

We are all . . . children of this universe. Not just Earth, or Mars, or this system, but the whole grand fireworks. And if we are interested in Mars at all, it is only because we wonder over our past and worry terribly about our possible future.

Every day is Christmas Day to a dog.

The only good writing is intuitive writing. It would be a big bore if you knew where it was going. It has to be exciting, instantaneous and it has to be a surprise. Then it all comes blurting out and it’s beautiful. I’ve had a sign by my typewriter for 25 years now which reads, ‘DON’T THINK!’