One thing that I do ask myself when I'm in the creative process is, 'Does the world need this?'
My theory was that what I had to do was make a study of human behavior.
The right to buy weapons is the right to be free.
I had casually rented an apartment that cost $75 a month because I expected my writing to pay my way.
It came about as follows: over the years when I was involved in dianetics, I wrote the beginnings of many stories. I would get an idea, and then write the beginning, and then never touch it again.
You have to remember that I was a bright but simple fellow from Canada who seldom, if ever, met another writer, and then only a so-called literary type that occasionally sold a story and meanwhile worked in an office for a living.
The encouragement I got from Campbell was a quick check and praise. Once the Space Beagle was launched on its mission, it seemed natural for it to breed additional thoughts.
Hell is not punishment, it's training.
I don't care what consequence it brings, I have been a fool for lesser things.
It's tough for me to get rid of clothes. I grew up in a household with a limited budget and we really had to make our nice clothes last, and so now I'll get free pairs of shoes and this, that and the other and I'll be like, 'Oh great!'; even though it stresses me out that I don't have enough room to put them, I can't throw them away.
If I can live through the events,” she said, “I can get through the memories.