Books are always obviously having conversations with other books, and some times they're amiable and sometimes not.

My job is not to try to give readers what they want but to try to make readers want what I give.

I'm a science fiction and fantasy geek.

I always felt sorry for the sidekick as a kid. They never got their due and it left a very bad taste in the mouth - they are defined by a subordinate relationship to someone else. I always felt like a bit of sidekick when I was a kid and it didn't feel fair.

Is it more childish and foolish to insist that there is a conspiracy or that there is not?

There's plenty of stuff that I don't feel dissident about: I really like tea, I don't have any problem with that. I like lots of paintings.

My sustenance is information. My interventions are hidden. I increase as I learn. I compute, so I am.