Cybil

“I define science fiction as the art of the possible. Fantasy is the art of the impossible. Science fiction, again, is the history of ideas, and they're always ideas that work themselves out and become real and happen in the world. And fantasy comes along and says, 'We're going to break all the laws of physics.”
― Ray Bradbury

“A spy, like a writer, lives outside the mainstream population. He steals his experience through bribes and reconstructs it.”
― John le Carré

“A smile is the universal welcome.”
― Max Eastman, The Sense of Humor

“The idea came to me complete from start to finish – a most unusual occurrence, as any writer will tell you, for ordinarily a story has to be struggled with, changed around and mixed up.”
― Philip Van Doren Stern