What is peace? Balance three iron skewers tip to tip, one upon the other; at the summit, emplace and egg, so that it too poises static in mid-air, an….

I got done writing Ports of Call and suddenly realized I have far too much material for the book..

What are your fees?" inquired Guyal cautiously. "I respond to three questions," stated the augur. "For twenty terces I phrase the answer in clear and….

Truth" is contained in the preconceptions of him who seeks to define it. Any organization of ideas whatever presupposes a judgment on the world..

A reader is not supposed to be aware that someone's written the story. He's supposed to be completely immersed, submerged in the environment..

An inch of foreknowledge is worth ten miles of after-thought..

When you demand the nature of my motives, you reveal the style of your thinking to be callow, captious, superficial, craven, uncertain and impudent..

Of all questions, why? is the least pertinent. It begs the question; it assumes the larger part of its own response; to wit, that a sensible response….

I give dignity second place to expedience..

There are no absolute certainties in this universe. A man must try to whip order into a yelping pack of probabilities, and uniform success is impossi….

I worked for half a cent a word. I'm not a fast writer to begin with, so for the first few years I had do other things..

Freedom, privileges, options, must constantly be exercised, even at the risk of inconvenience..

I was an omnivore at reading, so that everything I ever read contributed..

There was a writer in the '20s called Christopher Morley, who I remember a little bit of, who had some influence on me, but I couldn't tell you what ….

The universe is eight billion years old, the last two billion of which have produced intelligent life. During this time not one hour of absolute equi….

It is useless, after all, to complain against inexorable reality..

Notice this rent in my garment; I am at a loss to explain its presence! I am even more puzzled by the existence of the universe..

As I mentioned, I was a carpenter for a time..

I haven't been to a movie since somebody gave me free tickets to Star Wars, which I went to..

The life we've been leading couldn't last forever. It's a wonder it lasted as long as it did..

I suffer from a spiritual malaise which manifests itself in outbursts of vicious rage..