The movers and shakers have always been obsessive nuts.

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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...

Writing is a communication.

Writing is a communication.

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...

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...

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...

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...

You must write to the people's expertise.

You must write to the people's expertise.

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

I learned how to live on five and sometimes ten dollars a week.

I learned how to live on five and sometimes ten dollars a week.

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.

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...

I sent The World Well Lost to one editor who rejected it on sight, and...

I sent The World Well Lost to one editor who rejected it on sight, and...

I quit my job, and went ashore to become a writer.

I quit my job, and went ashore to become a writer.

I wrote the very first stories in science fiction which dealt with homosexuality, The World...

I wrote the very first stories in science fiction which dealt with homosexuality, The World...

Once I had all the facts in, I found I didn't have the immoral courage...

Once I had all the facts in, I found I didn't have the immoral courage...

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...