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

The story of my very first sale is the fact that I dreamed up a foolproof paper to cheat an insurance company out of several hundred thousand dollars.

Fiction is very important to me. It's what I do, it's what I do with my life.

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?

Here's the point to be made - there are no synonyms. There are no two words that mean exactly the same thing.

The movers and shakers have always been obsessive nuts.

Inner space is so much more interesting, because outer space is so empty.