“There are some awful things in the world, it's true, but there are also some great books.”

“I sat on the bench by the willows and at my honey bun and read Triton. There are some awful things in the world, it’s true, but there are also some great books. When I grow up I would like to write something that someone could read sitting on a bench on a day that isn’t all that warm and they could sit reading it and totally forget where they were or what time it was so that they were more inside the book than inside their own head. I’d like to write like Delany or Heinlein or Le Guin.”

“Some are taxed on their success, true. Some are taxed on their survival, also true.”

“One of the great things about books is sometimes there are some fantastic pictures.”

“"It's not books you need, it's some of the things that once were in books.”

“It is true that there is not enough beauty in the world. It is also true that I am not competent to restore it. Neither is there candor, and here I may be of some use.”