No man can rob successfully over a period of years without pleasing the people he robs.

Ninety percent of SF [science fiction] is crud, but then, ninety percent of everything is crud.

Fear is a survival instinct; fear in its way is a comfort for it means that somewhere hope is alive.

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

Writing is a communication.

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.

There is no way of writing stories that I haven't done.