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

All [people] are intolerant.... Only they're intolerant of different things.

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.

Fear of the unknown is a terrible fear.

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.

Here was a fragment of Goddess myth that, through all its permutations, had somehow escaped being turned on its head. It was the perfect springboard for the sort of novel I wanted to write.

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