I don't write science fiction. I've only done one science fiction book and that's Fahrenheit 451, based on reality. Science fiction is a depiction of the real. Fantasy is a depiction of the unreal.

I don't believe in government. I hate politics. I'm against it. And I hope that sometime this fall, we can destroy part of our government, and next year destroy even more of it. The less government, the happier I will be.

We have everything we need to be happy, but we aren't happy. Something's missing.

What's the point of having a library full of books you've already read?

You must never name the goal. You must never tell us the target you're hitting for. You must automatically go toward it without ever naming it.

From the outer edge of his life, looking back, there was only one remorse, and that was only that he wished to go on living.

(...) And metaphors like cats behind your smile, Each one wound up to purr, each one a pride, Each one a fine gold beast you've hid inside (...)