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

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

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

I wrote the very first stories in science fiction which dealt with homosexuality, The World Well Lost and Affair With a Green Monkey.

I teach writing courses and first of all, I teach my students what prosody is.

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

It's the Simple things that are really effective. Try to remember that.