"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

"The artist is a servant of the art, not a master of it."

"We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend."

"What is the purpose of a story? To tell what happened."

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