“When the universe presented unexpected gifts to the undeserving, how else were they to react, except with sheer paranoia?”

“I love science fiction, always have, always will. But its the kind of science fiction that I love which I think is an important distinction.”

“It seems to me that God would not have endowed us with a mind and a sense of curiosity if he did not mean for us to use it.”

“There are no injuries that run so deep that one can't add insult to them and make them feel even worse.”

“I love science fiction, always have, always will. But it’s the kind of science fiction that I love which I think is an important distinction.”

“Being a writer all boils down to this: It's you, in a chair, staring at a page. And you're either going to stay in that chair until words are written, or you're going to give up and walk away. The ...”

“When male authors write love stories, the heroine tends to end up dead.”

“Im likely to stay here, pen in hand, until dusk comes and my writing melts into the twilight.”

“All I'd ever wanted was to forget. but even when I thought I had, pieces had kept emerging, like bits of wood floating up to the surface that only hint at the shipwreck below.”

“And perhaps it is the greater grief, after all, to be left on earth when another is gone.”

“I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.”

“His men had begun gathering the wounded or stunned into a small group some distance back up the slope. Here and there an animal or human stirred, but not many. There were few cries of pain or fear ...”

“There comes a point when you either embrace who and what you are, or condemn yourself to be miserable all your days. Other people will try to make you miserable; don't help them by doing the job yo...”

“A good science fiction story should be able to predict not the automobile but the traffic jam.”