If you don't like what you're doing, then don't do it.

I’ve learned that by doing things, things get done.

You don’t question Providence. If you can’t have the reality, a dream is just as good.

I have total recall. I remember being born. I remember being in the womb, I remember being inside. Coming out was great.

I've never worked a day in my life. The joy of writing has propelled me from day to day and year to year. I want you to envy me, my joy. Get out of here tonight and say: 'Am I being joyful?' And if you've got a writer's block, you can cure it this evening by stopping whatever you're writing and doing something else. You picked the wrong subject.

The history of science fiction started in the caves 20,000 years ago. The ideas on the walls of the cave were problems to be solved. It's problem solving. Primitive scientific knowledge, primitive dreams, primitive blueprinting: to solve problems.

Life is about trying things to see if they work.