Social mores change with time, like fashion - who knows where it might all end up? I especially like the idea that waste, impoliteness and overpopulation become "abominations," although I'm not sure recycling one's aunt will ever truly catch on.

To a great extent, I still write for myself, write what amuses me. Fortunately, I have a quirky sort of strange sense of humor that appeals to other people and that's good. I still sort of write for myself though there are some areas of the book I feel I have to put in and I feel I have to deliver.

Love isn't sensible, Red. I think that's the point.

The industrial age had only just begun; the planet had reached its Best Before date.

Writing is a subtle art that is reached mostly by self-discovery and experimentation.

I have the death sentence in seven genres.

Failure concentrates the mind wonderfully. If you don't make mistakes, you're not trying hard enough.