I have always loved magic realism as a form of writing. I have also been fascinated for a long time with the intersection of science and religion.

I've taken a philosophical position on e-mail. Although I think it's a wonderful communication technology, and it has a lot of good uses, it is abused quite a lot.

Most people have learned to live in the moment. The argument goes that if the past has uncertain effect on the present, there is no need to dwell on the past. And if the present has little effect on the future, present actions need not be weighed for their consequence. Rather, each act is an island in time, to be judged on its own. ... It is a world of impulse. It is a world of sincerity. It is a world in which every word spoken speaks just to that moment, every glance given has only one meaning.

For my students who are trying to learn the craft of writing in a writing class - contemporary literature is what's most useful.

The tragedy of this world is that no one is happy, whether stuck in a time of pain or joy.

Events, once happened, lose reality, alter with a glance, a storm, a night. In time, the past never happened. But who could know? Who could know that the past is not as solid as this instant.

Sadness is no more than a bit of acid transfixed in the cerebellum.