It may seem strange that one with whom I had held so little communion should have so engrossed my thoughts, but benefits conferred awaken love in some minds, as surely as benefits received in others.

Past tears are present strength.

Alas, how easily things go wrong!A sigh too much, a kiss too longAnd there follows a mist and a weeping rainAnd life is never the same again

You had better not open that door.

Catholic education and law schools provide me with a lot of miserable people as psychotherapy clients. I should be grateful. These people are looking for rescue from their education.

Creativity is a crushing chore and a glorious mystery. The work wants to be made, and it wants to be made through you.

I satirize at all times, and my hyperboles are as nothing compared to the events to which they refer.

Death is the easiest of all things after it, and the hardest of all things before it.

The little honesty that exists among authors is discernible in the unconscionable way they misquote from the writings of others.

It is only serving God that is doing immortal work; it is only living for Christ that is living at all.

Instead of reflecting on the past, predict the future.

No President should fear public scrutiny of his program. For from that scrutiny comes understanding; and from that understanding comes support or opposition and both are necessary.

Sci-fi is often a metaphor. I think it's more the themes and questions that science fiction raises rather than the exact predictions that should guide us.

I am never bored, never short of anything to do and I don't even ever feel lonely. I am quite gregarious and I get out and about a lot, but sometimes it is just wonderful to be on your own.