Well, I can type all day without getting tired. [In response to a question as to which he preferred, women or writing] |
What I will be remembered for are the Foundation Trilogy and the Three Laws of Robotics. What I want to be remembered for is no one book, or no dozen books. Any single thing I have written can be paralleled or even surpassed by something someone else has done. However, my total corpus for quantity, quality and variety can be duplicated by no one else. That is what I want to be remembered for. |
When asked what he would do if he only had six months to live: Type faster. |
When I read about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut, I can only think that American society has found one more way to destroy itself. |
When, however, the lay public rallies round an idea that is denounced by distinguished but elderly scientists and supports that idea with great fervor and emotion - the distinguished but elderly scientists are then, after all, probably right |
Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers. |
Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers. |