But clever people all make one mistake. They all think everyone else is stupid. And everyone isn't stupid. They just take a bit more time, that's all.

A police state is a country run by criminals

Tape is the archiving champ and has been for decades. Reliable, less expensive than disks and available in large-scale robotic systems that store petabytes.

Don't try to write too much in a single session. One thousand words a day is quite enough. Stop after about four or five hours.

My greatest regret as a writer is that I've never been able to include as many jokes as I'd like.

Their souls were contagious. ... Bloodsuckers, spiders and vampires: that was what Lenin called them.

The natural impulse of men is to follow and whoever has the strongest sense of purpose will always dominate.