Why on earth do you carry a mirror around with you?” “It's purely a defensive device. We seldom quarrel, and this is one of the reasons. Can you imagine yourself getting all worked up and contorted and illogical and then coming face to face with yourself, looking at yourself exactly as you look to everyone else?

I have lived most of my life with the conviction that I don't dream, because I never could retrieve a dream.

If ever you want to touch the hand and the heart of God Almighty, you can do it through the body of someone you love. Anytime. Anywhere. Without no middleman.

I write a story as if it were a letter to someone and essentially, that's what you do.

Ninety percent of SF [science fiction] is crud, but then, ninety percent of everything is crud.

As far as Im concerned, I didnt dream - ever.

There is no way of writing stories that I haven't done.