“You don't understand anything until you learn it more than one way.”

“A computer is like a violin. You can imagine a novice trying first a phonograph and then a violin. The latter, he says, sounds terrible. That is the argument we have heard from our humanists and most of our computer scientists. Computer programs are good, they say, for particular purposes, but they aren’t flexible. Neither is a violin, or a typewriter, until you learn how to use it.”

“General fiction is pretty much about ways that people get into problems and screw their lives up. Science fiction is about everything else.”

“In general, we’re least aware of what our minds do best.”

“I don't see how you can write anything of value if you don't offend someone.”

“If the brain was simple enough to be understood - we would be too simple to understand it!”

“Be the one who nurtures and builds. Be the one who has an understanding and a forgiving heart one who looks for the best in people. Leave people better than you found them.”