Ideologies Are Too Seductive Anyway. It Does

All This Talk Of Using Tax Policy To 'assess Social Costs'...what A Dumb Idea. The Only Way To Stop Polluters Is To Put Them Against Walls And Shoot Them.

When I Begin A Book, I Inevitably Discover Many Things Along The Way, About The Characters, Their Past Histories And The Political Intrigues That Surround Them. This Discovery Process Is Vital, And I Would Not Prejudice It By Deciding Too Much In Advance

The Sane Are Usually Attracted By Other Things Than Power.

Self-righteous People Can Talk Themselves Into Forgetting They Are Part Of A Civilization. They Can Then Feed On That Culture, Bringing It Down. It's Happened Many Times In The Past. It Could Happen To Us.

I Hate The Whole übermensch, Superman Temptation That Pervades Science Fiction. I Believe No Protagonist Should Be So Competent, So Awe-inspiring, That A Committee Of 20 Really Hard-working, Intelligent People Couldn't Do The Same Thing.