If you asked him, he would say the only connection between free will and religion in his life was the fact that he hadn’t set foot in a synagogue sin… - Joe Haldeman

Most aliens in science fiction aren’t truly alien, and that’s not because science fiction writers lack imagination, but because the purpose of an alien in a story is usually to provide a meaningful distortion of human nature.

I could have argued with his logic, but over the years have learned to find more pleasant ways to waste my time.

A person who thinks he learns science from science fiction is like one who thinks he learns history from historical novels, and he deserves what he gets.