I am especially grateful, however, to have known the fifties, before we began to poison our own civilization - or at least before the effects of the poison began to be felt.

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There is more good writing and good acting in any ten minutes of Twister than...

There is more good writing and good acting in any ten minutes of Twister than...

I buy way too many books.

I buy way too many books.

The education that prepared me was my general education classes, which I tried to avoid...

The education that prepared me was my general education classes, which I tried to avoid...

Everything important in sci-fi showed up in the magazines first. It's the proving ground for...

Everything important in sci-fi showed up in the magazines first. It's the proving ground for...

You who speak languages, you are such liars.

You who speak languages, you are such liars.

The lies we live will always be confessed in the stories that we tell.

The lies we live will always be confessed in the stories that we tell.

I have lived in the only decades I could have lived in, and hope to...

I have lived in the only decades I could have lived in, and hope to...

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...

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...

Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man stupid and blind in the eyes

Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man stupid and blind in the eyes

I say this as a Democrat, for whom the Republican domination of government threatens many...

I say this as a Democrat, for whom the Republican domination of government threatens many...

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.

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...

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...

I wonder sometimes if the motivation for writers ought to be contempt, not admiration.

I wonder sometimes if the motivation for writers ought to be contempt, not admiration.

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.

God, our genes, our environment, or some stupid programmer keying in code at an ancient...

God, our genes, our environment, or some stupid programmer keying in code at an ancient...

Unemployment is capitalism's way of getting you to plant a garden.

Unemployment is capitalism's way of getting you to plant a garden.

Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed...

Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed...

The dynamics of capitalism is postponement of enjoyment to the constantly postponed future.

The dynamics of capitalism is postponement of enjoyment to the constantly postponed future.

When we're unemployed, we're called lazy; when the whites are unemployed it's called a depression.

When we're unemployed, we're called lazy; when the whites are unemployed it's called a depression.