No one was going to stop me from writing and no one had to really guide me towards science fiction. It was natural, really, that I would take that interest.

There is no end To what a living world Will demand of you.

The big talent is persistence.

The destiny of Earthseed is to take root among the stars.

All that you touch You Change. All that you Change Changes you. The only lasting truth is Change. God is Change.

We need the stars... We need purpose! We need the image the Destiny to take root among the stars gives us of ourselves as a purposeful, growing species. We need to become the adult species that the Destiny can help us become! If we're to be anything other than smooth dinosaurs who evolve, specialize and die, we need the stars.... When we have no difficult, long-term purpose to strive toward, we fight each other. We destroy ourselves. We have these chaotic, apocalyptic periods of murderous craziness.

Here I was into astronomy, and here into anthropology, and there I go into geology. It was much more fun to be able to research and write about whatever I wanted to.