Science fiction is no more written for scientists that ghost stories are written for ghosts.

Civilization is the distance man has placed between himself and his excreta.

Feedback is a pleasant thing. I get a lot of letters from unexpected people in unexpected places.

Keep violence in the mind where it belongs.

Whatever creativity is, it is in part a solution to a problem.

When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults.

I am a writer and always was; being a writer is an integral part of my identity. Being published, being well regarded, is a component of that identity.

I can't help believing that these things that come from the subconscious mind have a sort of truth to them. It may not be a scientific truth, but it's psychological truth.

It is comparatively easy to become a writer; staying a writer, resisting formulaic work, generating one's own creativity - that's a much tougher matter.

The American invasion did not succeed in Vietnam, and will never succeed in Iraq.

We have no such weapons at all, no chemical weapons, no biological weapons.

Your message is stupid. Iraq is not afraid of you or anyone else when it has a right to claim. What you warned about is not on Iraq's agenda. Iraq is vital and powerful. It is not an opportunistic country. Your administration has not learned from the past.