For some the label sci-fi is just a shortand for science fiction, an alternative to sf gesturing at ... you know, that stuff we like.

Losing maturity in one’s fiction for the sake of marvels and monsters can also mean losing propriety, and that’s not always a bad thing.

I likes me some ‘Shit Blows Up’ fiction, don’t get me wrong.

–It’s not Sci-Fi, we insist, It’s SF.Every time you say that a Venusian Slime Boy dies, you know.

Soylent Brown? It ain’t people, but it comes from them.

In the ghetto of Genre, anything goes, man. When you live in the gutter it doesn’t matter if you’re filthy. In theory anyway.

All worlds of fiction are alternative realities.

All prejudice presents itself as piety, propriety.

A character for steadiness once gone is not easily recovered

He threw his hands to his eyes and hissed. Like the hiss of incinerating ashes. "What is this bright, orange orb in the sky that mocks me with its warmth?

With strength to meet sorrow, and faith to endure

Self-giving means that we have to understand the nature of giving. When most people give, they give expecting a return on their investment.

Only a life of prayer and meditation will render a vessel ready for the Master's use.

Were there a Christian so faithful to his God as I was to her we would all be Jesus Christ today.

There's no such thing as an unimportant day.

Ah, now, don't cry over lost years and forgetfulness. The tales tell what they can. The rest is for us to learn.

Nurture your own confidence and make it real; don't pretend to be someone you're not.

A majority of senators should be able to adopt rules at the beginning of each Congress.