Fortunately, Human Beings Are Remarkably Diverse Models

History And Geology Show What An Eyeblink It's Been Since Our Current, Comfortable Culture Came About. And Yet That Culture Is Using Up Absolutely Everything At A Ferocious Rate.

Beware Of Self-indulgence. The Romance Surrounding The Writing Profession Carries Several Myths: That One Must Suffer In Order To Be Creative; That One Must Be Cantankerous And Objectionable In Order To Be Bright; That Ego Is Paramount Over Skill; That One Can Rise To A Level From Which One Can Tell The Reader To Go To Hell. These Myths, If Believed, Can Ruin You. If You Believe You Can Make A Living As A Writer, You Already Have Enough Ego.

I Regret Having Been The Bearer Of Ambiguous Tidings.

The Measure Of (mental) Health Is Flexibility (not Comparison To Some 'norm'), The Freedom To Learn From Experience ... To Be Influenced By Reasonable Arguments ... And The Appeal To The Emotions ... And Especially The Freedom To Cease When Sated. The Essence Of Illness Is The Freezing Of Behavior Into Unalterable And Insatiable Patterns.

The Fundamental Premise Of Sci-fi Is Not Spaceships And Lasers - It's That Children Can Learn From The Mistakes Of Their Parents.