"I am not an optimist. I am a possibilist."

"I think it’s a bad idea to censor what kids read. I think it’s a bad idea to censor what anybody reads."

"The greatest danger is not that we aim too high and miss it, but that we aim too low and reach it."

"I have been trying to learn to use words, and every time I use them, they don't do what I want them to do."

"I write fantasy and science fiction because I want to describe the world as I see it, not as it is supposed to be."