C. J. Cherryh

Deal with the Devil if the Devil has a constituency - and don't complain about the heat.

Trade isn't about goods. Trade is about information. Goods sit in the warehouse until information moves them.

A year of ending and beginning a year of loss and finding and all of you were with me through the storm. I drink your health your wealth your fortune for long years to come and I hope for many more days in which we can gather like this.

It is perfectly okay to write garbage "as long as you edit brilliantly.

A warrior is free to be a hero and pull off daring do and the soldier is irresponsible if he does it.

For me the purest and truest art in the world is science fiction.

The warrior may fight for gold or for an immediate gain, or for something to take home for the winter to feed the family. The soldier is part of a more complex society. He's fighting for a group ethic of some sort.

Culture is how biology responds and makes its living conditions better.