To exhibit the perfect uselessness of knowing the answer to the wrong question.

The children of the revolution are always ungrateful, and the revolution must be grateful that it is so.

A profound love between two people involves, after all, the power and chance of doing profound hurt.

Part of the particular interest and beauty of science fiction and fantasy: writer and reader collaborate in world-making.

A dangerous book will always be in danger from those it threatens with the demand that they question their assumptions. They'd rather hang on to the assumptions and ban the book.

It is very hard for evil to take hold of the unconsenting soul.

To read and to write. Some writers have to be told to write. They think their job is to meet agents and have experiences and they can just be rich and famous. Their job is to write. Some really don't realize that. And you can't write unless you read.