A Writer Should Say To Himself, Not,

Most Of My Poetry Lies Beyond The Sf Field, Yet Here I Am Corralled Into 'sf Poetry' As Part Of This Poetry Weekend. Of Course, Some Might Say, 'you've Made Your Own Bed - Now You Must Lie In It!' But, While Fully Accepting That Dictum, I'm Not Yet Quite Prepared To Lie Down.

There Are Two Kinds Of Writer: Those That Make You Think, And Those That Make You Wonder.

When You Are Young, You Enjoy A Sustained Illusion That Sooner Or Later Something Marvelous Is Going To Happen, That You Are Going To Transcend Your Parents' Limitations.

Keep Violence In The Mind Where It Belongs (barefoot In The Head)

When Knowledge Becomes Formulated Into A Science, Then It Does Take On A Life Of It's Own, Often Alien To The Human Spirit That Conceived It.