As a child, I read science fiction, but from the very beginnings of my reading for pleasure, I read a lot of non-fictional history, particularly historical biography.

There is only one definition of science fiction that seems to make sense: 'Science fiction is anything published as science fiction.'

English is taking over the world. I just wrote a piece about it. And it's not by design. The United States dominates because it's the biggest market.

I never learned to read music.

The saddest day of your life is when you decide to sell out, and nobody wants to buy.

Is anything accidental?

It’s trite to say that the world has gotten smaller in the age of globalization, but my travels have told me that it’s wrong to think that this means... there is some kind of uniform world culture.