Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.

Once upon a time there was a Martian named Valentine Michael Smith.

It seems to me that the secret of true happiness in life is to know what you are and then be content to be that, in style, head up and proud, and not yearn to be something else.

I never do anything I don't want to do. Nor does anyone, but in my case I am always aware of it.

Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own... Jealousy is a disease, love is a healthy condition. The immature mind often mistakes one for the other, or assumes that the greater the love, the greater the jealousy.

It is a bad sign when the people of a country stop identifying themselves with the country and start identifying with a group. A racial group. Or a religion. Or a language. Anything, as long as it isn't the whole population.

The most important lesson in the writing trade is that any manuscript is improved if you cut away the fat.