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" Scientists have to have a metaphor. All scientists start with imagination. "

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" There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them. "

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" Why go to a machine when you could go to a human being? "

" Love is easy, and I love writing. You can't resist love. You get an idea, someone says something, and you're in love. "

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" All my stories are like the Greek and Roman myths, and the Egyptian myths, and the Old and New Testament. "

" You don't read in your own field. You read in that field when you're young, so that you can learn. "

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" I don't see myself as a philosopher. That's awfully boring. "

" I think the reason my stories have been so successful is that I have a strong sense of metaphor. "

" My favorite writers have been those who've said things well. "

" Collecting facts is important. Knowledge is important. But if you don't have an imagination to use the knowledge, civilization is nowhere. "

" Love. Fall in love and stay in love. Write only what you love, and love what you write. The key word is love. You have to get up in the morning and write something you love, something to live for. "

" I used to take my short stories to girls' homes and read them to them. Can you imagine the reaction reading a short story to a girl instead of pawing her? "

" I don't have a computer. A computer's a typewriter. I already have a typewriter. "

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" We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is, knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out. "

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