I was attracted to science fiction because it was so wide open. I was able to do anything and there were no walls to hem you in and there was no human condition that you were stopped from examining.

I have this theory that anything that happens to you that leaves you alive and intact can be used somewhere in your writing.

I'm me, and I'm here, and I'm writing.

You are horror and beauty in rare combination.

Well, writing was what I wanted to do, it was always what I wanted to do. I had novels to write so I wrote them.

Third, for people who aren't doing it already, take classes - they're worthwhile. Workshops or classes - a workshop is where you do actually get feedback on your work, not just something where you go and sit for a day.

In order to rise From its own ashes A phoenix First Must Burn.