I've Got Five Or Six

I Am Trying To Prevent A Bloodbath. Is That Clear Enough For You? I'm Trying To Prevent A Civil War That Could Kill Half The People In This World.

The Human Species Really Could Have Faced Global Thermonuclear War. During Seventy Years Of Cold War We Grew Used To It.

Anything You Don't Understand Is Dangerous Until You Do Understand It.

The Reader Has Certain Rights. He Bought Your Story. Think Of This As An Implicit Contract. He's Entitled To Be Entertained, Instructed, Amused; Maybe All Three. If He Quits In The Middle, Or Puts The Book Down Feeling His Time Has Been Wasted, You're In Violation.

If One Must Explain A Magic Trick, One Should Do So After The Show Is Over.