Men read science fiction to build the future. Women don't need to read it. They are the future.

I don't believe in being serious about anything. I think life is too serious to be taken seriously.

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

Somewhere in him, a shadow turned mournfully over. You had to run with a night like this so the sadness could not hurt

What should I do?" "Throw up in your typewriter every morning." "Yeah." "Clean up every noon.

The first thing a writer should be is - excited. He should be a thing of fevers and enthusiasms. Without such vigor, he might as well be out picking peaches or digging ditches; God knows it'd be better for his health.

Creativity is a continual surprise.