I like to think that I have no single view nor any single situation that I think things arrive from. I try to give examples of what I think are interesting questions for me.

I don't finish every story, but I probably write and send out three out of five of them.

Science fiction is very healthy in its form.

The absurdist stuff wasn't terribly popular at the time I was doing it.

As far as the mechanics go, working with other people on received ideas was for me a very interesting technical problem. I can't say that any of my collaborations engaged my heart, but they engaged the craftsman in me.

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

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