The contradictions are what make human behavior so maddening and yet so fascinating, all at the same time.

Each time, storytellers clothed the naked body of the myth in their own traditions, so that listeners could relate more easily to its deeper meaning.

Real power is control. Knowing that you can do anything...and not doing it only because you can.

Beyond that, I seem to be compelled to write science fiction, rather than fantasy or mysteries or some other genre more likely to climb onto bestseller lists even though I enjoy reading a wide variety of literature, both fiction and nonfiction.

Studying anthropology, I developed a kind of holistic view of human existence, in which the dichotomies you listed are all necessary and vital aspects of life.

The ecosystem of our world is a closed system: it would run out of gas, collapse of its own weight.

The contradictions are what make human behavior so maddening and yet so fascinating, all at the same time.