There's no such thing as civilization. The word just means the art of living in cities.
Roger ZelaznyIf the liberal arts do nothing else they provide engaging metaphors for the thinking they displace.
Roger ZelaznyOne of my standard - and fairly true - responses to the question as to how story ideas come to me is that story ideas only come to me for short stories. With longer fiction, it is a character (or characters) coming to visit, and I am then obliged to collaborate with him/her/it/them in creating the story.
Roger Zelazny