When I started writing this, I found that I simply couldn't take fantasy seriously, so it became humorous, and continued from there.

Being terrified but going ahead and doing what must be done—that's courage. The one who feels no fear is a fool, and the one who lets fear rule him is a coward.

When one person makes an accusation, check to be sure he himself is not the guilty one. Sometimes it is those whose case is weak who make the most clamour.

When you steal from the library, you are preventing anyone else from reading that book, and the very notion makes me want to drop you in the Void.

One day you'll discover that the opinions of worthless people are worthless.

Happy children do not seem to grow up to be writers.

Information is power. --Humfrey

But one must go where one's road leads, even when it's a distressing road.

All things make sense; you just have to fathom how they make sense.

SF is the literature of the theoretically possible, and F is the literature of the impossible.

Obviously it could be, because it was.

In old days books were written by men of letters and read by the public. Nowadays books are written by the public and read by nobody.

No one has the right to place one human being in a position of political power over another.

In the past, only some of the males, but all of the females, were able to procreate. Equality is more natural for females.

Yes, writing comes easy for me and it's also a painful, arduous process. I love writing. I hate writing. I never want to write again, and I want to write all day, everyday.

Elise?" He looked at her with a pleading, puppy-dog expression in his eyes."Yes?""I love you.

Cake and tea or death?

My original intention was to spend the money in my lifetime.

I would never recommend my novel as a parenting guide. But we happen to live at a very hectic and hurried time, and I believe that many parents are too wrapped up in themselves.

When you do television, you have this opportunity to drop these subtle hints everywhere. The way you say things, for example, sometimes those seeds turn into trees.

How we survive, is what makes us who we are.