“The problem is that Americans would like to be independent of the rest of the world … Except the world ain’t that way. Trying to be independent of the rest of the world is to commit suicide.”

Feeding the starving poor only increases their number.

A new space race has begun, and most Americans are not even aware of it. This race is not [about] political prestige or military power. This new race involves the whole human species in a contest against time.

Omni is not a science magazine. It is a magazine about the future…Omni was sui generis. Although there were plenty of science magazines over the years…Omni was the first magazine to slant all its pieces toward the future. It was fun to read and gorgeous to look at.

The Old Ones knew that life is not rare, but precious; not fragile, but vulnerable. Life is as deep as the seas in which it was born, as strong as the mountains that give it shelter, as universal as the stars themselves.

Red tape has killed more people than bullets.

Don’t ask your readers to admire your words when you want them to believe your story.

My first published novel was written for teenagers, and there were rules laid down by the publisher: no sex, no smoking, no swearing. I blew up entire solar systems, I consigned billions of people to horrible death; they didn’t seem to mind that at all. But no hanky-panky.

As long as we’re tied to Middle Eastern oil we’re tied to Middle Eastern politics. We’re hostages to the terrorists and nutcases who want to wipe out Israel and the United States because we support Israel.

When I started understanding how science works, it occurred to me that there just is no evidence that there is a God.

To character and success, two things, contradictory as they may seem, must go together. Humble dependence on God and manly reliance on self.

Mathematics is an independent world created out of pure intelligence.

There cannot be true democracy unless women’s voices are heard. There cannot be true democracy unless women are given the opportunity to take responsibility for their own lives.

Circumstances-what are circumstances? I make circumstances

If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

I rock shows by myself. Ain’t no backup. Ain’t no help.

To be independent of public opinion is the first formal condition of achieving anything great.

Departments and groups within the team must break down silos, depend on each other and understand who depends on them.