How to feel your way toward something honest, hidden under the trapdoor on the top of your skull.

I don't write science fiction. I've only done one science fiction book and that's Fahrenheit 451, based on reality. Science fiction is a depiction of the real. Fantasy is a depiction of the unreal.

The answer to all writing, to any career for that matter, is love.

Every day is Christmas Day to a dog.

Remember, the firemen are rarely necessary. The public itself stopped reading of its own accord.

You learn to live with your crazy enthusiasms which nobody else shares, and then you find a few other nuts like yourself, and they're your friends for a lifetime. That's what friends are, the people who share your crazy outlook and protect you from the world, because nobody else is going to give a damn what you're doing, so you need a few other people like yourself.

Jump, and you will find out how to unfold your wings as you fall.