All Men Seek To Be Enlightened. Religion

If Wishes Were Fishes, We'd All Cast Nets.

You Don't Write For Success. That Takes Part Of Your Attention Away From The Writing. If You're Really Doing It, That's All You're Doing: Writing.

Power Attracts The Corruptible. Suspect All Who Seek It ... We Should Grant Power Over Our Affairs Only To Those Who Are Reluctant To Hold It And Then Only Under Conditions That Increase That Reluctance.

The Concept Of Progress Acts As A Protective Mechanism To Shield Us From The Terrors Of The Future.

When I Was Writing Dune There Was No Room In My Mind For Concerns About The Book's Success Or Failure. I Was Concerned Only With The Writing. Six Years Of Research Had Preceded The Day I Sat Down To Put The Story Together, And The Interweaving Of The Many Plot Layers I Had Planned Required A Degree Of Concentration I Had Never Before Experienced.