But in the meantime I became accustomed to the writing life and it would be hard to change now - partly because of the salary cut if I went to my other love, teaching; and partly because I still have…

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In all my study of history, I have never found a time or place I...

In all my study of history, I have never found a time or place I...

The best thing about my job, though, is stopping at the end of the day...

The best thing about my job, though, is stopping at the end of the day...

You who speak languages, you are such liars.

You who speak languages, you are such liars.

The most important training, though, is to experience life as a writer, questioning everything, inventing...

The most important training, though, is to experience life as a writer, questioning everything, inventing...

Among my most prized possessions are words that I have never spoken.

Among my most prized possessions are words that I have never spoken.

I think it's impossible to really know someone, what they want, what they believe, and...

I think it's impossible to really know someone, what they want, what they believe, and...

I fell into playwriting accidentally, took some classes in it, and also took creative writing...

I fell into playwriting accidentally, took some classes in it, and also took creative writing...

Metaphors have a way of holding the most truth in the least space.

Metaphors have a way of holding the most truth in the least space.

I buy way too many books.

I buy way too many books.

We humans do, when the cause is sufficient, spend our lives. We throw ourselves onto...

We humans do, when the cause is sufficient, spend our lives. We throw ourselves onto...

I am especially grateful, however, to have known the fifties, before we began to poison...

I am especially grateful, however, to have known the fifties, before we began to poison...

There's a reason why every human society has fiction. It teaches us how to be...

There's a reason why every human society has fiction. It teaches us how to be...

It's the middle class that feels the luxury of being able to have causes.

It's the middle class that feels the luxury of being able to have causes.

Love shortens time, changes the hours. Love is invincible. Many waters cannot quench it nor...

Love shortens time, changes the hours. Love is invincible. Many waters cannot quench it nor...

Of course, I also hear from critics who detest what I do, and while sometimes...

Of course, I also hear from critics who detest what I do, and while sometimes...

Your work is first, learning is first, winning is everything because without it there is...

Your work is first, learning is first, winning is everything because without it there is...

I don't believe that there are aliens. I believe there are really different people.

I don't believe that there are aliens. I believe there are really different people.

I realized that everything important in sci-fi showed up in the magazines first. It's the...

I realized that everything important in sci-fi showed up in the magazines first. It's the...

In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat...

In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat...

The priests say that God created our souls, and that just puts us under the...

The priests say that God created our souls, and that just puts us under the...