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

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.

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

Writing is a communication.

As far as hypnosis is concerned, I had a very serious problem when I was in my twenties. I encountered a man who later became the president of the American Society of Medical Hypnosis. He couldn't hypnotize me.

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