"Science fiction is the most important literature in the history of the world, because it's the history of ideas, the history of our civilization. It's the history of all the things that are going to h…"

"I have been in love with the moon for 80 years, and I still am. I've never gotten over it."

"I have been in love with the world for 90 years. I want to keep on living, because I want to see what happens next."

"I think we're all going to die. So we might as well enjoy ourselves while we're here."

"I'm a very simple man. I love my wife. I love my children. I love my books."