"If you want your writing to be taken seriously, don’t marry and have kids, and above all, don’t die. But if you have to die, commit suicide."

"I'm not a very good housekeeper. My house is always a mess."

"I'm not afraid of death. I'm afraid of not living."

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

"If you don’t like my ideas, please don’t read my books."