The world is magic. Science is but an insipid style of sorcery.

A little-known truth: Every aspect of the world is fundamentally unpredictable. Computer scientists have long since proved this.

The hard fact is that not everyone does get published.

One of the nice things about science fiction is that it lets us carry out thought experiments.

Advice to beginning SF writers? Write a lot, finish what you write, and when it's done, keep sending it out for quite awhile.

Our bodies are the time machine.

In any case, A New Kind of Science is a wonderful book, and I'm still absorbing its teachings.