I write early in the morning, usually after reading portions of at least half a dozen newspapers on the web.

I usually do one con a year as a GoH and try to make the World Fantasy Convention for business purposes. Last year I went to a worldcon for the first time in two decades. I may go again this year.

Getting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn't difficult at all. Even as children, human beings fabricate elaborate revenge fantasies. We're not a particular species. Check out popular video games.

We're all nothing but unified arrangements of atoms and particles, drifting around, enjoying consciousness every now and then for a second or so before splitting up to become bits and pieces of trees and stars and french fries.

Spontaneity is one of the joys of existence, especially if you prepare for it in advance.

I hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can't write a note.

Where lies the line between sorcery and science? It is only a matter of terminology, my friend.