Through lack of education, we're not teaching kids to read and write. So there is the danger that you raise up a generation of morons.

The Internet is a big distraction. It's distracting, it's meaningless; it's not real. It's in the air somewhere.

The Martians were there - in the canal - reflected in the water.... The Martians stared back up at them for a long, long silent time from the rippling water.

I'm numb and I'm tired. Too much has happened today. I feel as if I'd been out in a pounding rain for forty-eight hours without an umbrella or a coat. I'm soaked to the skin with emotion.

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

I want your loves to be multiple. I don't want you to be a snob about anything. Anything you love, you do it.

The books leapt and danced like roasted birds, their wings ablaze with red and yellow feathers.