Our heaven is their hell, said God. I like a balanced universe.

Modesty is invisibility... Never forget it. To be seen - to be seen - is to be... penetrated. What you must be girls, is impenetrable.

I don't think I solve problems in my poetry; I think I uncover the problems.

Mary Baker Eddy is said to have had a phone installed in her coffin just in case she happened to wake up. I've been told that's an urban myth. Somebody should check it out.

I spent much of my childhood in northern Quebec, and often there was no radio, no television - there wasn't a lot to entertain us. When it rained, I stayed inside reading, writing, drawing.

There are some virtues to not saying what you think all the time.

Speculative fiction encompasses that which we could actually do. Sci-fi is that which we're probably not going to see.