Science fiction is a great way to pretend you are writing about the future when in reality you are attacking the recent past and the present. You can criticize communists, racists, fascists or any other clear and present danger, and they can't imagine you are writing about them.
Suddenly the day was gone, night came out from under each tree and spread.
Good writers touch life often.
Love what you do and do what you love.
Ours is a culture and a time immensely rich in trash as it is in treasures.
And when he died, I suddenly realized I wasn't crying for him at all, but for the things he did. I cried because he would never do them again.