In the time of gods and monsters, what is the worth of a man?

I don't have a particular ambition in any medium. I just want to keep telling stories. If somebody pays me, also good.

I have a desperate longing to have a desperate longing

I believe we are the only sentient beings in the universe, and I believe that 500 years from now, we will still be the only sentient beings around.

You either have to write or you shouldn't be writing. That's all.

I don't write just to be clever. But sometimes I do. And if you don't have an understanding of the language, then the way in which it's bent doesn't actually register. It's the old you-gotta-paint-like-them-before-you-can-paint-like-you thing.

Equality is not a concept. It's not something we should be striving for. It's a necessity. Equality is like gravity, we need it to stand on this earth as men and women, and the misogyny that is in every culture is not a true part of the human condition. It is life out of balance and that imbalance is sucking something out of the soul of every man and woman who's confronted with it. We need Equality, and we kind of need it now. 'So why do you write these strong female characters?' Because you're still asking that question.