Action isn’t my forte. I’m an expert on contemplation and mild regret.

Science fiction is very healthy in its form.

Originality is a concept possible only to a limited viewpoint.

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.

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

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.

Once you find you can't walk as far and as fast as you were able, life becomes more complicated.