Originality is a concept possible only to a limited viewpoint.

I sell well now in Russia. I remember one signing in Russia some years ago where the bookstore had two strongmen to hold the crowds back.

I have never been a critic of science fiction as a whole.

I'm not so interested any more in how a great deal of science fiction goes. It goes into things like Star Wars and Star Trek which all go excellent in their own way.

I do think that short story writing is often a matter of luck.

I don't finish every story, but I probably write and send out three out of five of them.

I think it can be quite impossible to think well of yourself, so I prefer not to think about that too much. But I am very pleased, obviously.