“If you can read the book and say, ‘Space Marines, YEEEAAAHHH!’ That’s Military Science Fiction.” (Brigham Young writing lecture, March 2012)”
“You need to read more science fiction. Nobody who reads science fiction comes out with this crap about the end of history”
“The secret of keeping young is to read children's books. You read the books they write for little children and you'll keep young. You read novels, philosophy, stuff like that and it makes you feel old.”
“Science fiction is for real, space opera is for fun.”
“Freedom of speech does not protect you from the consequences of saying stupid shit.[Blog post, March 12, 2012]”
“I read recipes the same way I read science fiction. I get to the end and say to myself "well, that's not going to happen”