Every fish we take from the sea today is a loan from tomorrow's ocean.
The most elegant theories are useless if they don't correspond to reality.
The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
"The great advantage of being a writer is that you can spy on people. You're there, listening to every word, but part of you is observing. Everything is useful to a writer, every scrap, even the longest and most boring of luncheon parties."