Even if you only want to write science fiction you should also read mysteries poetry mainstream literature history biography philosophy and science.
I'm in favor of any technology that makes my work available to the reading...
I write poetry in order to live more fully.
There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute which goes directly to the heart of him who has had frequent occasion to test the paltry friendship and gossamer fidelity of mere Man.