Now I Understand,” Said The Last Man.

It Must Be Wonderful To Be Seventeen, And To Know Everything.

A Precondition For Being A Science Fiction Writer Other Than An Interest In The Future Is That, An Interest - At Least An Understanding Of Science, Not Necessarily A Science Degree But You Must Have A Feeling For The Science And Its Possibilities And Its Impossibilities, Otherwise You're Writing Fantasy. Now, Fantasy Is Also Fine, But There Is A Distinction, Although No One's Ever Been Able To Say Just Where The Dividing Lines Come.

... Chemistry Is A Trade For People Without Enough Imagination To Be Physicists.

It Was The Mark Of A Barbarian To Destroy Something One Could Not Understand.

The Exploration Of The Planets Is Now Closer To Us In Time Than The Exploration Of Africa By Stanley And Livingstone.