Science doesn't tell us what we should do. It only tells us what is.

there are people who read my work and accuse me of being political! As far as I'm concerned that's like accusing a dog of having a bark!

Like Daniel she enteres the lions' den, but lacking Daniel's pure and unblemished soul, Ada is spiced with the flavors of vice that make for a tasty meal. Pure and unblemished souls must taste very bland, with an aftertaste of bitterness.

Before that I was a scientist. I did research in population biology. And that's what I always go back to, it helps me to remember that people are not the end of the world, although we may be when it comes to it. We're just one species among millions in this world.

Good fiction creates empathy. A novel takes you somewhere and asks you to look through the eyes of another person, to live another life.

The daily work - that goes on, it adds up.

A writer's occupational hazard: I think of eavesdropping as minding my business.