The thematic, psychological, and cultural concerns of a writer are more relevant than whatever literary mode he or she chooses to deal with in any given novel.

If it's not American, the French won't go see it.

Chaos is the enemy of Order but the enemy of Chaos is also the enemy of Order

The world has become more complex as technology and easy travel mixes cultures without homogenizing them.

I never learned to read music.

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.

Science fiction is anything published as science fiction.