Ever since I was twelve, I dreamed of being an author. I just never had the fortitude to see any of my stories through to completion. I would start a book, get a few chapters in, and grow bored or get distracted by something else.

It was the hubris of each generation to think this anew, to think that their time was special, that all things would come to an end with them.

One of the many things that surprised me about Wool is how many of its fans don't consider themselves science fiction readers.

It’s easy to forgo distractions and to not accumulate things when you have a larger goal on the horizon.

Predict the inevitable", she said, "and you're bound to be right one day.

Killing a man should be harder than waving a length of pipe in their direction. It should take long enough for one's conscience to get in the way.

"What we control," Juliette said, "is our actions once fate puts us there."