Facts quite often, I fear to confess, like lawyers, put me to sleep at noon. Not theories, however. Theories are invigorating and tonic. Give me an ounce of fact and I will produce you a ton of theory by tea this afternoon. That is, after all, my job.

That's life for you," said MacDunn. "Someone always waiting for someone who never comes home. Always someone loving some thing more than that thing loves them. And after a while you want to destroy whatever that thing is, so it can't hurt you no more.

Plot is no more than footprints left in the snow after your characters have run by on their way to incredible destinations.

I started writing every day. I never stopped.

You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.

It was a pleasure to burn.

I define science fiction as the art of the possible. Fantasy is the art of the impossible.