I just think people overvalue argument because they like to hear themselves talk.

I love writing and can't imagine not being able to do it. I want an easy life and if it had been difficult I wouldn't be doing it. I do admire writers who do it even though it costs them.

Science fiction has its own history, its own legacy of what's been done, what's been superseded, what's so much part of the furniture it's practically part of the fabric now, what's become no more than a joke... and so on. It's just plain foolish, as well as comically arrogant, to ignore all this, to fail to do the most basic research.

I still find it hard to understand that anyone could argue that you can't have machines that exhibit consciousness.

I just think people overvalue argument because they like to hear themselves talk.

In so much of politics you're not allowed to disagree with what's been agreed.

I'm an only child so am happy with my own company and I don't really get lonely.