“Mother Nature doesn't care if you're having fun.”

“The human species really could have faced global thermonuclear war. During seventy years of Cold War we grew used to it.”

“Bruce Sterling is one terrific writer and he's relatively new, but I don't know how long he's been doing it; he probably doesn't need the publicity anymore!”

“I've got five or six unpublished stories kicking around looking for somebody to buy them.”