Publishing a book is like stuffing a note into a bottle and hurling it into the sea. Some bottles drown, some come safe to land, where the notes are read and then possibly cherished, or else misinterpreted, or else understood all too well by those who hate the message. You never know who your readers might be.

I define science fiction as fiction in which things happen that are not possible today - that depend, for instance, on advanced space travel, time travel, the discovery of green monsters on other planets or galaxies, or that contain various technologies we have not yet developed.

To take that risk, to offer life and remain alive, open yourself like this and become whole.

My good intentions are completely lethal.

Knowledge is power only as long as you keep your mouth shut.

Touch comes before sight, before speech. It is the first language and the last, and it always tells the truth.

But the adjectives change,” said Jimmy. “Nothing’s worse than last year’s adjectives.