I wanted to see my name on the cover of a book. If your name is in the Library of Congress, you're immortal.

People live longer today than they ever have. They live happier lives, have more knowledge, more information. All this is the result of communications technology. How is any of that bad?

Two questions form the foundation of all novels: "What if?" and "What next?" (A third question, "What now?", is one the author asks himself every 10 minutes or so; but it's more a cry than a question.) Every novel begins with the speculative question, What if "X" happened? That's how you start.

The human condition today is better than it's ever been, and technology is one of the reasons for that.

Surviving is much more painful than death.

That's the ultimate pornography. There's nothing more pornographic than glorifying war.

Courage is being the only only one who knows how terrified you are.