The good stories, of course, write themselves. And somebody wants to know who are the really good writers, and how many of them there are. There aren….

The opposite of liberal is stingy. The opposite of radical is superficial. The opposite of conservative is destructive. So I declare that I am a radi….

"Strangers may not lodge complaints till they have been in residence here for ninety days," the Cacique said, "and no stranger has ever remained with….

The lowest common denominator of the universe is both low and common..

The law of levity is allowed to supersede the law of gravity..

Learn the true topography; the monstrous and wonderful archetypes are not inside you, not inside your consciousness; you are inside them, trapped and….

Every science is made up entirely of anomalies rearranged to fit..

I write as clearly as I am able to. I sometimes tackle ideas and notions that are relatively complex, and it is very difficult to be sure that I am c….

Do not be deceived by the way men of bad faith misuse words and names … Things are set up as contraries that are not even in the same category. Liste….

When we travel we find how greatly our boyhood dreams are outstripped by reality..

There is a secret society of seven men that controls the finances of the world. This is known to everyone but the details are not known. There are so….

Death is for a long time. Those of shallow thought say that it is forever. There is, at least, a long night of it. There is the forgetfulness and the….

When you have shot and killed a man you have in some measure clarified your attitude toward him. You have given a definite answer to a definite probl….

The best time to write a story is yesterday. The next best time is today..

Though my short stories are the more readable, my novels do have more to say; and they will, if anyone has the patience for it, repay a rereading..

An excess of science will leave none of us alive..

True love is that we should hate whatever interferes with our vision of the high and the lowly..

We must kill the Devil afresh every day..