No matter what I do, no matter how predictable I try to make my life, it will not be any more predictable than the rest of the world. Which is chaotic.

When I was starting out, I did not do short fiction well, because I kept wanting to write books.

One of my degrees was a science degree in biology.

No matter what I do, no matter how predictable I try to make my life, it will not be any more predictable than the rest of the world. Which is chaotic.

People are people, messy and mutable, combining differently with one another from day to day - even hour to hour.

There are relatively few science fiction or fantasy books with the main character being an old person.

One thing nobody can do better than you is be you.