I don’t believe in God but I’m very interested in her.
If I didn’t exist, I would have invented myself.
I sometimes think that the universe is a machine designed for the perpetual astonishment of astronomers.
My objection to organized religion is the premature conclusion to ultimate truth that it represents...
It is vital to remember that information – in the sense of raw data – is not knowledge, that knowledge is not wisdom, and that wisdom is not foresight. But information is the first essential step to all of these.
Science fiction seldom attempts to predict the future. More often than not, it tries to prevent the future.
Absolutely no religious rites of any kind, relating to any religious faith, should be associated with my funeral.
Death focuses the mind on the things that really matter: why are we here, and what should we do?
No trilogy should have more than four books.
No communication technology has ever disappeared, but instead becomes increasingly less important as the technological horizon widens.
A well-stocked mind is safe from boredom.
Space is what stops everything from happening in the same place.
Good morning, doctors. I have taken the liberty of removing Windows 95 from my hard drive.
As three laws were good enough for Newton, I have modestly decided to stop there.
It was the mark of a barbarian to destroy something one could not understand.
Few artists thrive in solitude and nothing is more stimulating than the conflict of minds with similar interests.
But he knew well enough that any man in the right circumstances could be dehumanised by panic.
Isn’t killing people in the name of God a pretty good definition of insanity?
Our own grandchildren may demonstrate that-sometimes- Gigantic is Beautiful.
It may be that the old astrologers had the truth exactly reversed, when they believed that the stars controlled the destinies of men. The time may come when men control the destinies of stars.