The worst mistake of first contact, made throughout history by individuals on both sides of every new encounter, has been the unfortunate habit of making assumptions. It often proved fatal.

I regret having been the bearer of ambiguous tidings.

Creative people see Prometheus in a mirror, never Pandora.

Beware of self-indulgence. The romance surrounding the writing profession carries several myths: that one must suffer in order to be creative; that one must be cantankerous and objectionable in order to be bright; that ego is paramount over skill; that one can rise to a level from which one can tell the reader to go to hell. These myths, if believed, can ruin you. If you believe you can make a living as a writer, you already have enough ego.

There's no doubt that scientific training helps many authors to write better science fiction. And yet, several of the very best were English majors who could not parse a differential equation to save their lives.

Gaia spins on, silently contemplating what it means to be born into a sarcastic universe.

It is a paradox of Life that all species breed past mere replacement. Any paradise of plenty soon fills to become paradise no more.