Speculative fiction encompasses that which we could actually do. Sci-fi is that which we're probably not going to see.
Those are my principles, and if you don't like them. . . well, I have others.
I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it.
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.
Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.
Be open minded, but not so open minded that your brains fall out.
If you find it hard to laugh at yourself, I would be happy to do it for you.
One makes war to win, not because it's just.
I love soup 'cause I don't like to cook. It's so easy to prepare, and it fills you up and gives you all the nutrients you need. It's a well-balanced meal, but you don't have to do a lot of preparation.
And if there is sweeter music this side of heaven I haven't heard it.
[On Las Vegas:] I love that town. No clocks. No locks. No restrictions.