With its fluctuating forms and needless decoration, fashion epitomizes the supposedly unproductive waste that inspired 20th-century technocrats to... →
Virginia Postrel
When I was in college, I wanted to be editor of 'Reason' when I grew up. It was an impractical ambition, especially since the magazine was... →
Asimov was the reason why we changed some rules in the SFWA, and I'm not convinced we changed it for the best.
Jerry Pournelle
There's not a human being alive I won't talk to. There's a quite simple rule. If you like somebody more than you dislike them you can... →
Robert Powell
For me, the moment the mic is on and it's rolling, it's impossible to vocally relax for some reason. But one day, I'm going to be able to... →
Cat Power
'Bossy' is someone who bosses people around without reason.
Stefanie Powers
For some reason, the evolutionists have not come up with an evolution-based explanation for why human beings react so powerfully to music. But surely... →
Dennis Prager
From their teenage years on, children are considerably more capable of causing parents unhappiness than bringing them happiness. That is one reason... →
Tolkien is eminently filmable, I think. 'The Lord of the Rings' is intensely... landscaped. But 'Discworld' is about dialogue, which... →
Terry Pratchett
Money is an unavoidable consequence, but it isn't the reason I write; if it was, I wouldn't have written any of the YA books, because... →