For years, I thought I simply didn't dream. I felt left out. Everybody else had a thing I didn't have.

Quote by Theodore Sturgeon

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As far as hypnosis is concerned, I had a very serious problem when I was...

As far as hypnosis is concerned, I had a very serious problem when I was...

Writing is a communication.

Writing is a communication.

There is no way of writing stories that I haven't done.

There is no way of writing stories that I haven't done.

Ninety percent of everything is crap.

Ninety percent of everything is crap.

Here's the point to be made - there are no synonyms. There are no two...

Here's the point to be made - there are no synonyms. There are no two...

Basically, fiction is people. You can't write fiction about ideas.

Basically, fiction is people. You can't write fiction about ideas.

The story of my very first sale is the fact that I dreamed up a...

The story of my very first sale is the fact that I dreamed up a...

You don't sit up in a cave and write the Great American Novel and know...

You don't sit up in a cave and write the Great American Novel and know...

In science fiction, you can also test out your own realities.

In science fiction, you can also test out your own realities.

I've always written very tightly, and there's a good reason for that. There's no point...

I've always written very tightly, and there's a good reason for that. There's no point...

I find to my mixed astonishment that I do dream, but I didn't know it.

I find to my mixed astonishment that I do dream, but I didn't know it.

The movers and shakers have always been obsessive nuts.

The movers and shakers have always been obsessive nuts.

I write a story as if it were a letter to someone and essentially, that's...

I write a story as if it were a letter to someone and essentially, that's...

I teach writing courses and first of all, I teach my students what prosody is.

I teach writing courses and first of all, I teach my students what prosody is.

Create a world in which these things do or do not exist, or in which...

Create a world in which these things do or do not exist, or in which...

As far as I'm concerned, I didn't dream - ever.

As far as I'm concerned, I didn't dream - ever.

Anybody can do anything he wants to if he wants to do it badly enough.

Anybody can do anything he wants to if he wants to do it badly enough.

You write a story about loneliness, and you grab them all because everybody's an expert...

You write a story about loneliness, and you grab them all because everybody's an expert...

You must write to the people's expertise.

You must write to the people's expertise.

It should consist of short, sharply focused sentences, each of which is a whole scene...

It should consist of short, sharply focused sentences, each of which is a whole scene...