Whatever you do in life surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you.
John WoodenA fly Sir may sting a stately horse and make him wince, but one is but an insect and the other is a horse still.
Samuel JohnsonA certain degree of neurosis is of inestimable value as a drive especially to a psychologist.
Sigmund FreudScience fiction is any idea that occurs in the head and doesn't exist yet but soon will and will change everything for everybody and nothing will ever be the same again. As soon as you have an idea that changes some small part of the world you are writing science fiction. It is always the art of the possible never the impossible.
Ray BradburyNone but blockheads copy each other.
William BlakeI don't care what they do with my book so long as the flippin' check clears.
Chuck PalahniukMadness is tonic and invigorating. It makes the sane more sane. The only ones who are unable to profit by it are the insane.
Henry MillerTo spell out the obvious is often to call it in question.
Eric HofferHe is greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.
Henry Ward BeecherThere are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction.
John F. Kennedy