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

Why in God's name should a God be praised if he is only performing his Godly function?

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.

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.

Wherever you go in the galaxy, you can find a food business, a house-building business, a war business, a peace business, a governing business, and so forth. And, of course, a God business, which is called 'religion,' and which is a particularly reprehensible line of endeavor.

Ethical and questions of philosophy interest me a great deal.