It's the Simple things that are really effective. Try to remember that.
Fiction is very important to me. It's what I do, it's what I do with my life.
When I can't do something, this always impels me to study it.
The best science fiction is as good as the best fiction in any field.
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.
Corollary 1: The existence of immense quantities of trash in science fiction is admitted and it is regrettable; but it is no more unnatural than the existence of trash anywhere.