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

Only if the third necessary thing could be given us. Number one, as I said: quality of information. Number two: leisure to digest it. And number three: the right to carry out actions based on what we learn from the interaction of the first two.

First of all, it was October, a rare month for boys.

Why would you clone people when you can go to bed with them and make a baby? C'mon, it's stupid.

There are a lot of wonderful women writers who would be good influences on writers. You've got to spread yourself out and educate yourself with all kinds of stories.

I have something to fight for and live for; that makes me a better killer. I've got what amounts to a religion now. It's learning how to breathe all over again. And how to lie in the sun getting a tan, letting the sun work into you. And how to hear music and how to read a book. What does your civilization offer?

You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.