One of my degrees was a science degree in biology.

I revear all the gods but those that delight in cruelty. If Ra's light is kindly in your eyes than may his light shine on us all.

I like it that order exists somewhere even if it shatters near me.

You can also make explicit certain social problems which, again, would be prejudged or not encountered at all in real life, because people have set up defenses against it. Fantasy allows you to get past defenses.

Having a mother who had been an aeronautical engineer convinced me that more things should be open to women.

When a person responds emotionally to intellectual things, or emotionally only to traditional emotional things - I find that an interesting break between myself and some other writers and fans.

It is not wrong to be different. Sometimes it is hard, but it is not wrong.