A story in Asimov's is read by hundreds of thousands of people.
To taste life, so true and real. Sweet serenity.
Hindsight is the historian's necessary vice.
Most people want security in this world, not liberty.
It is hard for the ape to believe he descended from man.
Every man is his own hell.
The cynics are right nine times out of ten.
As the arteries grow hard, the heart grows soft.
Self-respect: the secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious.
There are plenty of ruined buildings in the world but no ruined stones.
Writing a novel is like having a dream.
Witchcraft to the ignorant, .... Simple science to the learned.
All of us write wish fulfillment.
Listening to people keeps them entertained.
Temptations come, as a general rule, when they are sought.
Those who give of themselves rarely regret it.
I really wanted to be an opera soprano.
You know, you can only lead them from behind.
When the going gets tough, the tough get empirical.
I need to reach a lot of people to sell records.
When I ask for help with my creativity, I get it.
