Science-fiction balances you on the cliff. Fantasy shoves you off.

I'm not a science-fiction writer. I've only written one book that's science fiction, and that's Fahrenheit 451. All the others are fantasy.

Recreate the world in your own image and make it better for your having been here.

I feel like I own all the kids in the world because, since I've never grown up myself, all my books are automatically for children.

Looking back over a lifetime, you see that love was the answer to everything.

To feed your Muse, then, you should always have been hungry about life since you were a child. If not, it is a little late to start.

Beer's intellectual. What a shame so many idiots drink it.