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

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

I had, of course, no model for that sort of woman being married, but I can make that up as I go along.

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.

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

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

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