"Digression is the soul of wit...." - Quote by Ray Bradbury

“Science fiction is the most important literature in the history of the world, because it's the history of ideas, the history of our civilization birthing itself. ...Science fiction is central to everything we've ever done, and people who make fun of science fiction writers don't know what they're talking about.”

“Edgar Allen Poe really started me when I was 8. I fell in love with everything of his.”

“Millions of students now, in all the schools of America, are reading science fiction and especially, thank God, 'The Martian Chronicles.'”

“I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed man.”

“Wit and Humor - if any difference, it is in duration - lightning and electric light. Same material, apparently; but one is vivid, and can do damage - the other fools along and enjoys elaboration.”

“Confidence in conversation has a greater share than wit.”

“Karate is a form of martial arts in which people who have had years and years of training can, using only their hands and feet, make some of the worst movies in the history of the world.”

“[My grandmother] is a typical white person.”

“When I was younger I could remember anything, whether it happened or not.”