“Aspiring Asimovs!”
“In accordance with the terms of the Clarke-Asimov treaty, the second-bestscience writer dedicates this book to the second-best science-fictionwriter.[dedication to Isaac Asimov from Arthur C. Clarke in his book Report on Planet Three]”
“I'm not an aspiring writer; I'm a writer aspiring to be read.”
“I don't aspire to be a good man. I aspire to be a whole man.”
“The ones that landed near the bathroom are Bad Tolkien imitations or transcripts of a D&D adventure; bad Herbert, Heinlein, and Asimov are below the television; and these on the bed are the ones whose authors I want to hunt down personally and slap.”
“Inspiration follows aspiration.”