Today's robots are very primitive, capable of understanding only a few simple instructions such as 'go left', 'go right', and 'build car'.

I usually like whatever I've recently finished best.

I think these days an SF connection would be a boost to other books; I'm sure more people have read my two little detective puzzles because of the SF connection.

The future, according to some scientists, will be exactly like the past, only more expensive.

Most publishers seem very reluctant to publish short story collections at all; they bring them out in paperback, often disguised as novels.

An artist's life is supposed to lead toward his masterpiece, not away from it.

This is mainly because I spend a lot of time writing and so don't have much time to read; I hate to waste that time reading what may turn out to be junk food for the mind, when there's so much real writing to be read.