Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It's a way of understanding it.
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.
A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.
A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.
Inspiration is a guest that does not willingly visit the lazy.
Great is the art of beginning, but greater is the art of ending.
To live a creative life we must first lose the fear of being wrong.
I have been successful probably because I have always realized that I knew nothing about writing and have merely tried to tell an interesting story entertainingly.
A professional writer is an amateur who didn’t quit.
How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.
If science fiction is the mythology of modern technology, then its myth is tragic.
Most writers regard the truth as their most valuable possession, and therefore are most economical in its use.
Two roads diverged in a wood and I - I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.
Challenge yourself with something you know you could never do, and what you’ll find is that you can overcome anything.
I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.
A writer without interest or sympathy for the foibles of his fellow man is not conceivable as a writer.
Cheat your landlord if you can and must, but do not try to shortchange the Muse. It cannot be done. You can’t fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal.
There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.
I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.
Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.
Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.
Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on.