Every new generation of SF writers remakes cyberpunk - a genre often laced with dystopian subtexts - in its own image.

As many authors have said, if the writer is not surprised by events, then chances are that the reader will not be either, and grow bored.

That was asking a lot of my readers, I realized, but I was trying to write the novel I would most enjoy decoding.

Its a heartening fact about the human race that utopian fiction precedes dystopian fiction in the evolution of literature.

Science fiction at its best should be crazy and dangerous, not sane and safe.

The emotional tone or affect of the tale should be hot and engaged, not remote and dispassionate.

The clock indicates the moment-but what does eternity indicate?

It was as unsatisfying as a handjob from someone wearing an oven mitt.

As time goes by, westart to see more clearly, and are able to see thatit wasn’t all bad, and thatperhaps just perhapsthe breakup was a gift.

By just looking at the dark side of life, you cannot make it bright!

There is not an inch of any sphere of life over which Jesus Christ does not say, 'Mine.'

Perhaps the most valuable thing he taught me (his father) was that there is no contradiction between devotion to work and enjoyment of life and people

Sometimes you need to put your own characteristics into the actor, and you take different things from the character that you admire - sometimes you can't see the boundaries anymore.

He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.

Despite of it all, the Negro remains... cool, strong, imperturbable, and cheerful.

Advertising is the rattling of a stick inside a swill bucket.

In the meantime, I would drink, rest, and ponder the meaning of this mob.

I can understand the things that afflict mankind, but I often marvel at God those which console. An atom may wound, but God alone can heal.