There is a limited number of plots. There is no limit to the number of stories.

Artists are people who are not at all interested in the facts - only in the truth.

Literacy is so you can read the operating instructions.

I've got some gift for languages. You follow your gift. But Latin's not easy.

The backside of heroism is often rather sad; women and servants know that. They know also that the heroism may be no less real for that. But achievement is smaller than men think. What is large is the sky, the earth, the sea, the soul.

If science fiction is the mythology of modern technology, then its myth is tragic.

Great artists make the roads; good teachers and good companions can point them out. But there ain't no free rides, baby. No hitchhiking. And if you want to strike out in any new direction — you go alone. With a machete in your hand and the fear of God in your heart.