"I'm just a guy who loves to tell stories. That's all I am."

"My books are my children. I love them all equally, even the naughty ones."

"I'm not a pessimist. I'm a realist. I see the world for what it is, and I try to make it better."

"I don't believe in destiny. I believe in choice. I believe that we create our own future."

"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…"