After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say 'I want to see the manager.'

Happinessis a byproduct of function. Those who seek happiness for itself seek victory without war.

There is in fact something obscene and sinister about photography, a desire to imprison, to incorporate, a sexual intensity of pursuit.

Hemingway was a prisoner of his style. No one can talk like the characters in Hemingway except the characters in Hemingway. His style in the wildest sense finally killed him.

Cats didn't start as mousers. Weasels and snakes and dogs are more efficient as rodent-control agents. I postulate that cats started as psychic companions, as Familiars, and have never deviated from this function.

As soon as you have a problem, it's insoluble. These things should never have been allowed to happen.

The purpose of technology is not to confuse the brain but to serve the body.