Humpty had always sat on walls, it was his way.

I work very much on the principle that anything created by mankind has mischief and error hardwired into its inception.

There's something rotten in the state of Denmark, and Hamlet says...it's payback time!

For an author just starting out, you've got to deliver the goods every year or sooner or people will forget you or you will lose momentum. There is a contract that exists between author and reader.

Aspects that we consider normal today could very well be repugnant in the future - eating animals, for one thing, or abundant choice, or invasive surgery. I was simply trying to demonstrate that what is acceptable today may not be acceptable forever, and vice-versa.

Prejudice is a product of ignorance that hides behind barriers of tradition.

Yes, and imagine a world where there were no hypothetical situations.