I'm quite influenced in this by one of my heroes, Montaigne, who thought a man's real task was to render as honest an account of himself as he could.

I'm not too fond of the hard work and the constant battle with self-doubt that goes on when I write, but I figure that's part of the territory.

Science fiction is very healthy in its form.

I was never able to write seriously about heroes because I was very aware that I was not one and that in my background there was not this heroic thing.

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

Originality is a concept possible only to a limited viewpoint.

A novel is often a longer process in handling self-doubt.