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

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.

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

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.

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

When confronted with a birthday in a week I will remember that a book can be a really good present, too.

If we do not fight to create a future there will be no future for any of us.

There are many types of pain. The only one that aspirin won't help is a hurting heart. That's why there is alcohol.

Successful health reform must not just make health insurance affordable, affordable health insurance has to make health care affordable.

Sometimes the little things in life mean the most.

You cannot make a revolution with silk gloves.

Excuses are for losers, and winning is for winners, like you!

That would be delightful,' agreed Flora, thinking how nasty and boring it would be.

Love is a powerful painkiller.

I am a rebel by birth... I contest anything that is unjust, that causes suffering in humanity. My feelings about that are so strong, I don't think I could live with myself if I weren't honest.