I can't bear living in this huge beautiful world and not try to imitate it as best I can.

It's true, reading too many novels makes you go blind.

Anticipating the end of the world is humanity's oldest passtime

I'm a novelist, that's how I make my livelihood, and I concentrate on the novels.

I added 'writers' to my list of people not to trust. They make everything up.

To enslave an individual troubles your consciences, Archivist, but to enslave a clone is no more troubling than owning the latest six-wheeler ford, ethically. Because you cannot discern our differences, you assume we have none. But make no mistake: even same-stem fabricants cultured in the same wombtank are as singular as snowflakes.

A book you finish reading is not the same book it was before you read it.