The writer's no different. When he's rejected, that paper is rejected, in a sense, a sizeable fragment of the writer is rejected as well. It's a piece of himself that's being turned down.

Science fiction makes the implausible possible, while science fantasy makes the impossible plausible.

for civilization to survive, the human race has to remain civilized.

Every Superstate has one iron rule: logic is an enemy and the truth is a menace.

It's part of the business of really not caring about topping myself because I really don't care what's going to happen. I think just surviving is a major thing. I'd like to write something that my peers, my colleagues, my fellow writers would find a source of respect.

There are a lot I'm proud of, and a lot I wish the hell I'd never written.

I'd rather go along with this sense of illusion that I'm a neutral beast going along through life doing everything that's preordained.