Prison for the crime of puberty -- that was how secondary school had seemed.

I would normally never set out to write a trilogy.

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

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

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.

We already live a very long time for mammals, getting three times as many heartbeats as a mouse or elephant. It never seems enough though, does it?

Creative people see Prometheus in a mirror, never Pandora.