But with the library, it's like catnip, I suppose: you begin to run in circles because there's so much to look at and read.

The most improbable tales can be made believable, if your reader, through his sense, feels certain that he stands at the middle of events.

What church could compete with the fireworks of the pure soul?

This is the emotional thing, you see - you must galvanize people, so they want to be completely alive and live forever, or the next thing to it. And out of that comes art, then, and survival through emotion.

We're all watching each other, so there's no chance for censorship. The main problem is the idiot TV. If you watch local news, your head will turn to mush.

Life shoould be touched, not strangled. You've got to relax, let it happen at times, and at other move forward with it.

Science-fiction balances you on the cliff. Fantasy shoves you off.