Of the two, I would think of my work as closer to Science Fiction than Fantasy.

I probably read 100 times more than I write, but that way when I move my characters through it, I know.

I'm just writing a story that I want to read.

Life is neither static nor unchanging. With no individuality, there can be no change, no adaptation and, in an inherently changing world, any species unable to adapt is also doomed.

Art was as much in the activity as in the results. Works of art were not just the finished product, but the thought, the action, the process that created them.

When you are alone, you have all the time in the world to practice whistling like a bird. When there is no one in the world you can turn to, a horse or .even a lion may give you companionship. When you don't know if there is anyone in the world like you, you seek contact with something living however you can

I can't tell you any more than any other writer can tell you why they write, and I don't know what my influences are.