Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over.

Drowning people Sometimes die Fighting their rescuers.

No... a novel is a long business. I'm a slow writer, even when I'm doing very well I write slowly.

...I realized that I knew less about loneliness than I had thought - and much less than I would know when he went away.

A workshop is a way of renting an audience, and making sure you're communicating what you think you're communicating. It's so easy as a young writer to think you're been very clear when in fact you haven't.

The thing about science fiction is that it's totally wide open. But it's wide open in a conditional way.

I was raised Baptist, and I like the fact that I got my conscience installed early.