Reciprocal accountability, or criticism [is] the only known antidote to error.

The measure of (mental) health is flexibility (not comparison to some 'norm'), the freedom to learn from experience ... to be influenced by reasonable arguments ... and the appeal to the emotions ... and especially the freedom to cease when sated. The essence of illness is the freezing of behavior into unalterable and insatiable patterns.

Many people have tried to define science fiction. I like to call it the literature of exploration and change. While other genres obsess upon so-called eternal verities, SF deals with the possibility that our children may have different problems. They may, indeed, be different than we have been.

Everything isn't subjective. Reality also matters. Truth matters. It is still a word with meaning.

The best time to act on this was decades ago. The second best time is now.

My first duty to write a gripping yarn. Second is to convey credible characters who make you feel what they feel. Only third comes the idea.

Reciprocal accountability, or criticism [is] the only known antidote to error.