I started writing, or rather, thinking, stories as a child, and at that time the reason was very clear.

SF has at least the advantage of not depending on preconceptions.

See, I have no journalism in my background, so I wasn't practised at research or writing non-fiction, nor at handling the truth in a journalistic way. Journalists know when to call a halt and write something, but I kept on looking for answers.

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

I have a kind of standard explanation why, which goes like this: Science fiction is one way of making sense out of a senseless world.

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

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