We write dust epitaphs for our vanquished enemies and watch them blow away in the desert wind.
Paolo BacigalupiThe surfeit of bad trends pushes me to set my stories in worlds which are often diminished versions of our own present.
Paolo BacigalupiAll life produces waste. The act of living produces costs, hazards and disposal questions, and so the (Environment) Ministry has found itself in the center of all life, mitigating, guiding and policing the detritus of the average person along with investigating the infractions of the greedy and short-sighted, the ones who wish to make quick profits and trade on others' lives for it.
Paolo Bacigalupi