I grew up in the golden age of Flash Gordon and sci-fi.

Being edited is like falling face down into a threshing machine.

Writing... is an act of faith: I believe it's also an act of hope, the hope that things can get better than they are.

If we were all on trial for our thoughts, we would all be hanged.

I have never had any problems with editors who wanted me to change my methods or point of view. I pay a lot of attention to editors, but in a different way. They sometimes catch mistakes and help with the order of poems in a book. I do not underestimate them! Indeed, I have been one myself.

Science fiction is filled with Martians and space travel to other planets, and things like that.

If we read books all the time we would be very unhealthy, as we would not get any fresh air, exercise, or contact with nature. Also we would not spend time with other people. There are a lot of plusses to reading - it's an interactive brain workout - but like everything else that's beneficial in moderation, overdoses can be dangerous.