He’s so doggone narrow-minded he could look through a keyhole with both eyes. - Ben Bova

My first published novel was written for teenagers, and there were rules laid down by the publisher: no sex, no smoking, no swearing. I blew up entire solar systems, I consigned billions of people to horrible death; they didn't seem to mind that at all. But no hanky-panky.

Wake up in there!" Fritz hollered.
"I'm awake," said Gaeta.
"These days you spend too much time in bed and not enough time sleeping.

Your job is not to die for your country. Your job is to get the other poor sonofabitch to die for his country.