I took up writing because I needed money. And I continued to write because it's safer than stealing and easier than working.

Coffee comes in five descending stages: Coffee, Java, Jamoke, Joe, and Carbon Remover.

At one time kings were anointed by Deity, so the problem was to see to it that Deity chose the right candidate. In this age the myth is "the will of the people" ... but the problem changes only superficially.

No woman ever ages beyond eighteen in her heart.

The Ten Commandments are for lame brains. The first five are solely for the benefit of the priests and the powers that be; the second five are half truths, neither complete nor adequate.

Spacemen die if they stay in one place.

Nothing could go wrong because nothing had...I meant "nothing would." No - Then I quit trying to phrase it, realizing that if time travel ever became widespread, English grammar was going to have to add a whole new set of tenses to describe reflexive situations - conjugations that would make the French literary tenses and the Latin historical tenses look simple.