Inevitably the party trying to resolve a matter had to contend with the party most willing to exploit it..

I most fear stupid people. Stupid people will do anything. Truly smart people will do only what is logical for them to do..

It is perfectly okay to write garbage – as long as you edit brilliantly..

Average people didn't analyze what they thought: they thought they thought, and half of it was gut reaction..

Writing day and night for months… that’s hard..

Science fiction is a dialogue, a tennis match, in which the Idea is volleyed from one side of the net to the other. Ridiculous to say that someone 's….

Ignorance killed the cat; curiosity was framed!.

My worlds are complex, and often suggest more than one story..

The warrior may fight for gold or for an immediate gain, or for something to take home for the winter to feed the family. The soldier is part of a mo….

Culture is how biology responds and makes its living conditions better..

I do not think any SFWA communication should come anywhere NEAR the internet..

Honor to the earth," the abbot said, "honor to the dead in the passing of the year; honor to the living, in the coming of the new. A Great Year passe….

A year of ending and beginning, a year of loss and finding... and all of you were with me through the storm. I drink your health, your wealth, your f….

Rattle a lawyer's door and you get more lawyers..

There are three kinds of people I've found: those who think the universe is good, those who believe it's corrupt, and those who don't want to think a….

Jane leaned back against the counter and stared at the ceiling. At the traditional location of God, no matter what the planet..

Trade isn't about goods. Trade is about information. Goods sit in the warehouse until information moves them..

Change happened and you thought it was forever, and immediately there were all the enemies of that change making common cause and meeting in the cloa….

For me the purest and truest art in the world is science fiction..

Watch out for a man whose enemies keep disappearing..

Poisoning rarely happens in a well-managed kitchen..