Keep violence in the mind Where it belongs (Barefoot in the Head)

Whatever creativity is, it is in part a solution to a problem.

Science fiction is the search for a definition of mankind and his status in the universe which will stand in our advanced but confused state of knowledge (science), and is characteristically cast in the Gothic or post Gothic mode.

It is comparatively easy to become a writer; staying a writer, resisting formulaic work, generating ones own creativity - thats a much tougher matter.

When knowledge becomes formulated into a science, then it does take on a life of it's own, often alien to the human spirit that conceived it.

Science fiction is no more written for scientists than ghost stories are written for ghosts.

Why had I become a writer in the first place? Because I wasn't fit for society; I didn't fit into the system.