I have time to write 1-2 novels per year, and get roughly novel-sized ideas every month. I have to perform triage on my own writing impulses.

Gene police! You! Out of the pool, now!

Starships are all work and no fun.

--but I find her personality annoying. It's like being molested by a sleeping bag that speaks in Comic Sans with little love-hearts over the i's.

I have not watched the TV show. I do not generally watch TV sci-fi drama shows. They make me itch.

If an idea is compelling enough it'll stick in my head until I am forced to write it. If it's forgettable, who cares?

It's usually quite easy to shrug and write something else instead.