Science fiction is really sociological studies of the future, things that the writer believes are going to happen by putting two and two together.

I don't understand this whole thing about computers and the superhighway. Who wants to be in touch with all of those people?

You've got to love libraries. You've got to love books. You've got to love poetry. You've got to love everything about literature. Then, you can pick the one thing you love most and write about it.

Into the air, over the valleys, under the stars, above a river, a pond, a road, flew Cecy. Invisible as new spring winds, fresh as the breath of clover rising from twilight fields, she flew.

A single face turned upward toward all Time One flesh, one ecstasy, one peace.

We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out.

The Universe has shouted itself alive. We are one of the shouts.