I think most of us are fascinated by the macabre and by the weird and even the nastiness that comes along.

" Science is beginning to encroach on every level of our volition". And to me, that is a frightening social concept. It doesn't have anything to do with the right to have an abortion verses the right to life. It has to do with the ability of science to keep things alive and the ability of science to really control our lives.

You see something, then it clicks with something else, and it will make a story. But you never know when it's going to happen.

Everything is sort of built in a way that to me suggests intelligent design. But at the same time, there's a lot of things in life where you say to yourself, well, if this is God's plan, it's very peculiar. And you have to wonder about that guy's personality, the big guy's personality.

Remember that 'plumber in space' is not such a bad setup for a story.

The first draft of a book—even a long one—should take no more than three months, the length of a season.

You might question a winkle - a feeling that came to you right out of the blue - but you didn’t question knowing.