The good stories, of course, write themselves. And somebody wants to know who are the really good writers, and how many of them there are. There aren… - R. A. Lafferty

If the Col­onel were not burdened with a mind, he would be able to think more clearly.

This myth filter was necessary. The ship logs could not tell it rightly nor could any flatfooted prose. And the deeds were too bright to be viewed direct. They could only be sung by a bard gone blind from viewing suns that were suns.

I write as clearly as I am able to. I sometimes tackle ideas and notions that are relatively complex, and it is very difficult to be sure that I am conveying them in the best way. Anyone who goes beyond cliche phrases and cliche ideas will have this trouble.