If you know how to read, you have a complete education about life, then you know how to vote within a democracy. But if you don't know how to read, you don't know how to decide. That's the great thing about our country - we're a democracy of readers, and we should keep it that way.

All education is self-discovery.

Men read science fiction to build the future. Women don't need to read it. They are the future.

Kids love me because I write stories that tell them about their capacity for evil. I'm one of the few writers who lets you cleanse yourself that way.

Is it true, the world works hard and we play? Is that why we're hated so much?

Just write every day of your life. Read intensely. Then see what happens. Most of my friends who are put on that diet have very pleasant careers.

We earth men have a talent for ruining big, beautiful things.