"Words are power. Use them wisely."

"I am not interested in writing about heroes. I am interested in writing about human beings."

"I think that science fiction is a metaphor. What is metaphor? Metaphor is a way of saying one thing and meaning another."

"We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings."

"I am not a pessimist. I think of a pessimist as someone who is waiting for it to rain. And I feel soaked to the skin."