In science fiction, you can also test out your own realities.

I quit my job, and went ashore to become a writer.

For years, I thought I simply didn't dream. I felt left out. Everybody else had a thing I didn't have.

I've always written very tightly, and there's a good reason for that. There's no point in using words that you're not going to apply.

Just think about it," he said softly. "You can do practically anything. You can have practically everything. And none of it will keep you from being alone." "Shut up shut up...Everybody's alone." He nodded. "But some people learn how to live with it.

The best science fiction is as good as the best fiction in any field.

The first writing I did was short short stories for a newspaper syndicate for which I was paid five dollars a piece on publication.