Cynical realism is the intelligent man's best excuse for doing nothing in an intolerable situation.

When a place gets crowded enough to require ID's, social collapse is not far away. It is time to go elsewhere. The best thing about space travel is that it made it possible to go elsewhere.

For a long time now I have tried simply to write the best I can. Sometimes I have good luck and write better than I can.

Life doesn't require that we be the best, only that we try our best.

God is not on the side of the big battalions, but on the side of those who shoot best.