You don't have conversations with microprocessors. You tell them what to do, then helplessly watch the disaster when they take you literally!

Where subtlety fails us we must simply make do with cream pies.

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.

One of the rules I try to follow is that normal people are going to be involved even in heroic events

Why must conversions always come so late? Why do people always apologize to corpses?

But honestly, if you do a rigorous survey of my work, I'll bet you'll find that biology is a theme far more often than physical science.

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