It should be totally fine to question the objectivity of scientists and the power structures in scientific institutions. The physical laws of the universe are objective, but human beings in any context are not. That includes with regard to science. To some extent, the supposed objectivity of science has given a lot of extra cover to very subjective and eccentric approaches to exploring aspects of ourselves and the universe around us.

Nothing that lived and breathed was truly objective—even in a vacuum, even if all that possessed the brain was a self-immolating desire for the truth.

I have always tended toward a lush prose style, but I take care to modulate it from story to story and to strip it down entirely when necessary.

My mother is an artist, and I have a strong visual sense. I almost always choose the cover art for my books. I've learned that the more I collaborate, like by having someone do a soundtrack to one of my books, the more I see my own work differently.

I’ve got...ways of tricking my brain into getting what I need out of it

That's how the madness of the world tries to colonize you: from the outside in, forcing you to live in its reality.

When they give you things, ask yourself why. When you're grateful to them for giving you the things you should have anyway, ask yourself why.