So few want to be rebels anymore. And out of those few, most, like myself, scare easily.

We must move into the universe. Mankind must save itself. We must escape the danger of war and politics. We must become astronauts and go out into the universe and discover the God in ourselves.

I believe in creative failing - to contine to write poems that fail and fail and fail until a day comes when you've got a thousand poems behind you and you're relaxed and you finally write a good poem.

I think the reason my stories have been so successful is that I have a strong sense of metaphor.

Write a short story every week. It's not possible to write 52 bad short stories in a row.

If you had your way you’d pass a law to abolish all the little jobs, the little things. But then you’d leave yourselves nothing to do between the big jobs and you’d have a devil of a time thinking up things to do so you wouldn’t go crazy. Instead of that, why not let nature show you a few things? Cutting grass and pulling weeds can be a way of life, son.

I want your loves to be multiple. I don't want you to be a snob about anything. Anything you love, you do it.