If you believe you can make a living as a writer, you already have enough ego.

It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power.

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

If you believe you can make a living as a writer, you already have enough ego.

Cultural contamination that is directed outward is always seen as ‘enlightenment.'

I like to be surprised. Fresh implications and plot twists erupt as a story unfolds. Characters develop backgrounds, adding depth and feeling. Writing feels like exploring

Change is the principal feature of our age and literature should explore how people deal with it. The best science fiction does that, head-on.