No, but a cello is the perfect string bass for an accordion. Works with it beautifully.

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.

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

My personal feeling about science fiction is that it's always in some way connected to the real world, to our everyday world.

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

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.

I like the Beatles, of course, but that's when I grew up.