Theodore Sturgeon

“The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference.”

“There is a monster in all of us.”

“A human being is a way for the universe to know itself.”

“Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.”

“Ask the next question.”

“Use the right word, not its second cousin.”

“A story is a way to say something that can't be said any other way.”

“The function of the artist is to explore, to announce new visions, new sensitivities, new states of consciousness.”

“When you are afraid, do the thing you are afraid of and soon you will lose your fear of it.”

“Live long and prosper.”

“There is in writing the constant joy of sudden discovery, of happy accident.”

“Science fiction is a way of thinking, a way of approaching the world.”

“Ninety percent of everything is crap.”

“The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said.”