It is a truism throughout the civilized galaxy that when you go to the police, your troubles really begin.

I've always thought of absurdism as a French fad I'd like to belong to.

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.

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

Science fiction is very healthy in its form.

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

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.