"I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear."
"Here in Los Angeles anyone without an automobile is de facto a second-class citizen."
"Understanding the complexity of human behavior in times of catastrophe is one of the aims of the book."
"To me, in a self-governing democratic country, it’s a fundamental mistake to draw an absolute line between government and community."
"We turn to books in the hope of better understanding our selves and better engaging with the meaning of our experiences."
"'Very funny,' Chet said sourly. 'Har-de-har-har with the Hardy boys.'"
“Science fiction writers are pretty useless as fortune-tellers, but who needs fortune-tellers?"
"A pity the selfsame vehicle that spirits me away from factories of tedium should likewise serve to drag me backwards into panic"
"Art is making something out of nothing and selling it." — Frank Zappa... More
"Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television." —Woody Allen... More
"Mere flim-flam stories, and nothing but shams and lies." — Miguel de Cervantes... More
"The function of science fiction is not always to predict the future but sometimes to prevent it." — F... More
"There is nothing more poetic and terrible than the skyscrapers' battle with the heavens that cover them.... More
