“Losing maturity in ones fiction for the sake of marvels and monsters can also mean losing propriety, and thats not always a bad thing.”

“I likes me some Shit Blows Up fiction, dont get me wrong.”

“Its not Sci-Fi, we insist, Its SF.Every time you say that a Venusian Slime Boy dies, you know.”

“the crescent sun is high, the moon low; life is not for the faint-hearted; so why the fuck should art be?”

“This is the fiction that Im referring to as rhapsody, this stitching of mimetic representation, oneiric imagery, ludic rules, allegoric morals, satiric critique and diegetic story into complex quil...”

“ No SF novel ever won the Booker, growls a prowling clansman on his way into the SF Caf.The librarian swings a shotgun from inside her longcoat, blasts the bullshit axiom from the air. Screw the Bo...”

“If you spent your life trying to be LIKE EVERYBODY, you will only succeed at BECOMING A NOBODY." (Rabbi Celso Cukierkorn Bestselling Author and Speaker)”

“Your brand is the value and magic that's not in your bottle, body or box. It's the inspiration, incense, intent and impact before, within and beyond.”

“Think of yourself as a brand. You need to be remembered. What will they remember you for? What defines you? If you have it in you, do something that defines you. Invent something, develop a unique ...”

“...[T]he only means I have to stop ignorant snobs from behaving towards genre fiction with snobbish ignorance is to not reinforce their ignorance and snobbery by lying and saying that when I write ...”

“I've been as bad an influence on American literature as anyone I can think of.”