“Science fiction is not about the freedom of imagination. It's about a free imagination pinched and howling in a vise that other people call real life.”

“People say they want to read about life but that's not what they want at all. They want a version of life. Don't you realize, someone else's version of someone else's life is still fiction? It's still a story. But it has no imagination. That's what you people have done. You've murdered imagination.”

“Sometimes people say that we're living in the future, and time's up for science fiction, but I think that never will be, because science fiction really isn't about the future. It's about change and present-day concerns”

“Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life.”

“Imagination is the key to my lyrics. The rest is painted with a little science fiction.”

“Manners are about imagination, ultimately. They are about imagining being the other person.”