I can become very emotional about math, although I'm not that good at it.

It may be far in the future, but there's some kind of logical way to get from where we are to where the science fiction is.

My first degree came years before my second. I had wanted to be a physicist, but I flunked calculus.

Having to struggle gave me the chance to demonstrate strength of character.

Normal' is a dryer setting.

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

In a novel, I could submerge my ego in a characters and let his perceptions take over.