The Chinese have a saying: “The past that is not forgotten becomes the teacher of the future.” More
"I call this book Tombstone. It is a tombstone for my [foster] father who died of hunger in 1959, for the 36 million Chinese who also died of hunger, for the system that caused their death, and perhaps for myself for writing this book."
– Tombstone
"The function of science fiction is not always to predict the future but sometimes to prevent it." — F... More
"The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not." — Gertrude Stein... More
"Mere flim-flam stories, and nothing but shams and lies." — Miguel de Cervantes... More
"All lurid, unsavory, gruesome illustrations shall be eliminated." — Comics Code, 1954... More
"I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead." — Samuel Goldwyn... More
"There is nothing more poetic and terrible than the skyscrapers' battle with the heavens that cover them.... More
