Ursula K. Le Guin

Inventions have long since reached their limit, and I see no hope for further development.

As great scientists have said and as all children know, it is above all by the imagination that we achieve perception, and compassion, and hope.

I get a lot of moral guidance from reading novels, so I guess I expect my novels to offer some moral guidance, but they're not blueprints for action, ever.

What people don't understand about Sarah Palin is that she is a rancher's wife. From Alberta down to Texas I've known women like that: good common sense, bright and vilified by city people.

If every time you engage in a sex act, you go into a confession box, you will never accept your own sexuality.