There's certainly more new SF available than when I started writing. That means there's also more bad SF available. Whether there is also more good is a matter for future historians of the field.

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

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

I try to challenge myself as much as possible, as often as possible.

An apex is always surrounded only by emptiness

If you're crazy, there's two things you can do to make yourself feel better: One is to get yourself cured. The other is to make everyone you have to deal with crazy.

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