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I think the reason my stories have been so successful is that I have a strong sense of metaphor.
Do three things each night before you go to bed: read a poem, read a short story, read an essay.
Why would you clone people when you can go to bed with them and make a baby? C'mon, it's stupid.
I am not a science fiction writer. I am a fantasy writer. But the label got put on me and stuck.
If you're living in your time, you cannot help but to write about the things that are important.
Remember, the firemen are rarely necessary. The public itself stopped reading of its own accord.
I love the opportunity to just let my imagination run riot! Non-fiction can be very restrictive.
There are fossils of seashells high in the Himalayas; what was and what is are different things.
...the questions a photographer raises may be more profound than the answers the medium permits.
Judgements like "right" and "wrong"; only build barriers and encourage shame within individuals.
Dad was very into electronics, robotics and computers, so I was interested in what he was doing.
Life doesn't just happen to you; you receive everything in your life based on what you've given.
Treat yourself with love and respect, and you will attract people who show you love and respect.
When you are in Joy, you are compassionate. When you are in Joy, you are considerate and caring.
Your wealth is waiting for you in the invisible, and to bring it into the visible, think wealth!
The truth is there is more than enough love, creative ideas, power, joy, happiness to go around.
Human suffering is articulated in language; communication is how we seek help, consolation, etc.
Sex is a pleasurable exercise in plumbing, but be careful or you'll get yeast in your drain tap.
Herat, 8 December. What a day it was! God save me from any more adventures on a drained stomach.
It is either coincidence piled on top of coincidence," said Hollus, "or it is deliberate design.
I really strived to give equal weight to the two halves of my genre's name: science and fiction.
The future is like the moon. You never expect to go there, or think about what it might be like.
To paraphrase Oedipus, Hamlet, Lear, and all those guys, "I wish I had known this some time ago.
You should always believe what you read in the newspapers, for that makes them more interesting.
Some pray to marry the man they love, My prayer will somewhat vary; That I love the man I marry.
Be slow to judge for we know little of what has been done and nothing of what has been resisted.
I bake bread nearly every day; I use Jim Lahey's no-knead method and leave it to rise overnight.
I don't think there's one thing more important you can do for your kids than have family dinner.
The great thing about online comics is that this happens naturally, even if you don't advertise.
Do you trust me? The question is usually asked before an admission that such trust is misplaced.
In life there are certain sores which, like a kind of canker, slowly erode the soul in solitude.
X-rays revealed that some people were born without a corpus callosum, and they seemed just fine.
He that would be superior to external influences must first become superior to his own passions.
There are two types of knowledge. One is knowing a thing. The other is knowing where to find it.
The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
The joy of life is variety; the tenderest love requires to be rekindled by intervals of absence.
Do not accustom yourself to consider debt only as an inconvenience; you will find it a calamity.
What is good only because it pleases cannot be pronounced good till it has been found to please.
Golf is a game in which you claim the privileges of age, and retain the playthings of childhood.
No degree of knowledge attainable by man is able to set him above the want of hourly assistance.
Try and forget our cares and sickness, and contribute, as we can to the happiness of each other.
To do evil is more within the reach of every man, in public as in private life, than to do good.
It may be very generous in one person to offer what it would be ungenerous in another to accept.
The plays and sports of children are as salutary to them as labor and work are to grown persons.
I am 5 ft. tall myself, and it is rare that I meet someone new who doesn't comment on my height.
I certainly wouldn't want to be a Mini Me of any of the people whose footsteps I've followed in.
I am one who leaves the table like a man, without putting back the chair or picking up the plate
Bricks are crumbling in places, and the front door is so swollen you have to push hard to get in
I wasn't aware that 'House on Mango Street' was so influenced by Spanish until after I finished.
I agree that mommy wars are not good for any mothers: that such wars are time and effort wasted.