I took up writing because I needed money. And I continued to write because it's safer than stealing and easier than working.
Robert A. HeinleinI am not going to talk about religious beliefs, but about matters so obvious that it has gone out of style to mention them.
Robert A. HeinleinNursing does not diminish the beauty of a woman's breasts; it enhances their charm by making them look lived in and happy.
Robert A. HeinleinArt is the process of evoking pity and terror, which is not abstract at all but very human. What the self-styled modern artists are doing is a sort of unemotional pseudointellectual masturbation . . . whereas creative art is more like intercourse, in which the artist must seduce -- render emotional -- his audience, each time.
Robert A. Heinlein