Why must conversions always come so late? Why do people always apologize to corpses? – David Brin
It is said that power corrupts, but actually its more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power. – David Brin
Theres no doubt that scientific training helps many authors to write better science fiction. And yet, several of the very best were English majors who could not parse a differential equation to save their lives. – David Brin
Change is the principal feature of our age and literature should explore how people deal with it. The best science fiction does that, head-on. – David Brin