1983 Reflections on My Life 1984

The most important parts of my biography are my intellectual struggles. The rest, not mentioned so far, is of a purely anecdotal character. (1983, Reflections on My Life, 1984)

he great humorists were people who had been driven to despair and anger by the conduct of mankind. In this respect, I am one of those people. (1983, Reflections on My Life, 1984)

I began writing science fiction because it deals with human beings as a species (or, rather, with all possible species of intelligent beings, one of which happens to be the human species). (1983, Reflections on My Life, 1984)