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

Ethical and questions of philosophy interest me a great deal.

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.

Science fiction is very healthy in its form.

The British audience was very important to me. I have always looked away from American to non-American audiences and so this was important.

It takes me a long time to get with a landscape. It took me 20 years before I wrote anything about Ibiza, and I haven't written about Oregon yet, although I've been there 20 years - possibly I'm almost due.

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