Bertrand Russell

To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.

Indignation is a submission of our thoughts, but not of our desires.

Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will fade away as we adopt reason and science as our guidelines.

Be kind and considerate with your criticism... It's just as hard to write a bad book as it is to write a good book.

I'd never been to a science-fiction convention until I became a professional writer.

Most of my work has no conventional narrative, so it's not essential to have a beginning and an end - your attention can flow in and out of the experience rather than having a set entry point.