The single simplest reason why human space flight is necessary is this, stated as plainly as possible: keeping all your breeding pairs in one place is a retarded way to run a species.

Journalism is just a gun. It’s only got one bullet in it, but if you aim right, that’s all you need. Aim it right, and you can blow a kneecap off the world.

Don't live with writers. Writers are bastards.

If contemporary literary fiction doesn't read a bit like science fiction then it's probably not all that contemporary, is it

Be authentic to your dreams. Be authentic to your own idea about yourself. Grind away at your own minds and bodies until you become your own invention. Be Mad Scientists.

Los Angeles had no culture of its own, just a large collection of misreadings of the artistic histories of other, proper cities.

Scotch whisky is made from barley and the morning dew on angel's nipples.