I always read. You know how sharks have to keep swimming or they die? I’m like that. If I stop reading, I die.

I was pretty poor for a long time. Not *poor* poor. But college student poor. I lived for most of my adult life living on student wages, then after I got my MA and started teaching, I lived on teacher's wages, which isn't much better.

It's hard for me to take myself too seriously when I'm constantly experiencing firsthand what an incredible gimp I can be.

You may have heard of me.

In my opinion there are two basic questions that any writer tries to answer. "What is?" is the question non-fiction asks. "What if?" is the question fiction asks. That's the question I'm more interested in.

He taught only one class: 'Unlikely Maths'. But since the time was listed as "now" and the place, "everywhere," this was hardly helpful in tracking him down.

I can't give you the moon,” the tinker said. “She doesn't belong to me. She belongs only to herself.