I've always been interested in the relationship between total external surround, culture, the political matrix, technology, etc., and the internal human consciousness.

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.

Is anything accidental?

I'm not gifted, but I'm not hopeless.

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

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.