Isaac Asimov

I am the beneficiary of a lucky break in the genetic sweepstakes.

I am the beneficiary of a lucky break in the genetic sweepstakes.

Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know - and yet not wise enough to control our learning read more

Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know - and yet not wise enough to control our learning and knowledge, so that we use it to destroy ourselves? Even if that is so, knowledge remains better than ignorance.

A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great read more

A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value.

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.

I sit here and think, with more than a little astonishment, that I have been writing and publishing Science Fiction read more

I sit here and think, with more than a little astonishment, that I have been writing and publishing Science Fiction now for just three-eighths of a century. This isn't bad for someone who only admits to being in his late youth- or a little over thirty, if pinned down.