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.
All [people] are intolerant.... Only they're intolerant of different things.
For every path you choose, there is another you must abandon, usually forever.
Fear of the unknown is a terrible fear.
Humans are upsetting a fragile balance that their own human ancestors established.
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.