The most improbable tales can be made believable, if your reader, through his sense, feels certain that he stands at the middle of events.

There are certain kinds of people who write science fiction. I think a lot of us married late. A lot of us are mama's boys. I lived at home until I was 27. But most of the writers I know in any field, especially science fiction, grew up late. They're so interested in doing what they do and in their science, they don't think about other things.

It was a great place to write a novel about book burning, in the library basement.

Everyone has a telephone. Whether they can afford it or not. It's one of those things that people have, regardless of their income.

If you dream the proper dreams, and share the myths with people, they will want to grow up to be like you.

Half the fun of the travel is the esthetic of lostness.

People who take books on sex to bed become frigid. You get self-conscious. You can't think a story. You can't think, "I shall do a story to improve mankind." Well, it's nonsense. All the great stories, all the really worthwhile plays, are emotional experiences. If you have to ask yourself whether or not you love a girl or you love a boy, forget it. You don't. A story is the same way. You either feel a story and need to write it, or you better not write it.