I love space opera, and I believe that every sub-genre has potential no matter how old it is.

If our writing is worth anything at all, then we have to put ourselves into it.

I have a principle I often invoke in class: comfortable people don't grow. Good teachers need to engage in the paradox of making students feel comfortable and uncomfortable in equal measure.

I love lighting Shabbat candles at the onset of Shabbat. It helps me create a strong and firm demarcation of time.

In order to survive, the human race must defend itself.

I love space opera, and I believe that every sub-genre has potential no matter how old it is.

That's true of every form of literature - each writer brings new things to it because each of us is an individual.