I've always written very tightly, and there's a good reason for that. There's no point in using words that you're not going to apply.

Quote by Theodore Sturgeon

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Inner space is so much more interesting, because outer space is so empty.

Inner space is so much more interesting, because outer space is so empty.

There are a lot of people who write very intensely about things they do not...

There are a lot of people who write very intensely about things they do not...

The movers and shakers have always been obsessive nuts.

The movers and shakers have always been obsessive nuts.

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

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

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...

Writing is a communication.

Writing is a communication.

My wife is beginning to instruct me on means to retrieve dreams, and bit by...

My wife is beginning to instruct me on means to retrieve dreams, and bit by...

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

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

Some major writers have a huge impact, like Ayn Rand, who to my mind is...

Some major writers have a huge impact, like Ayn Rand, who to my mind is...

Science fiction, outside of poetry, is the only literary field which has no limits, no...

Science fiction, outside of poetry, is the only literary field which has no limits, no...

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...

There was so much that you could do, instead of looking for things that you...

There was so much that you could do, instead of looking for things that you...

I have lived most of my life with the conviction that I don't dream, because...

I have lived most of my life with the conviction that I don't dream, because...

Fiction is very important to me. It's what I do, it's what I do with...

Fiction is very important to me. It's what I do, it's what I do with...

Ninety percent of everything is crap.

Ninety percent of everything is crap.

You must write to the people's expertise.

You must write to the people's expertise.

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 first writing I did was short short stories for a newspaper syndicate for which...

The first writing I did was short short stories for a newspaper syndicate for which...

I feel angry that I can't be hypnotized. I'm not putting it down, and I'm...

I feel angry that I can't be hypnotized. I'm not putting it down, and I'm...

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...