Old women can see through walls.
Science fiction is really a rather tiny business compared with its giant cousin, which is fantasy.
How could anyone survive even a single day, if he didn't feel as if he was, in some little great way, needed?
I'm astonished how little fright I have of my own imagination. It really does baffle me that I don't get more scared because I'm capable of thinking up things that are so awful. On any given day I can imagine the worst.
This is a slow business to have success in. There are exceptions, but for the most part it's kind of like the last writer standing. . . . I've got gray. I've got plenty of gray. I'm creating a career slowly, like a coral reef.
I would like to say that I have software that allows me to model worlds to a high degree of scientific plausibility. I'd also like to be six foot two and fifteen years into my reign as Emperor of Europa. The simple truth is that past the character's name and a long history of making my own body cover distances, I did very little in the way of targeted research.
For honest insight into who you are, don't ask yourself what your priorities are for next week. Ask what your priorities were last week.
I come from a working-class background in Queens, New York.
But I was a pure romantic, and only operating with half my burners turned on.
You're a writer. And that's something better than being a millionaire. Because it's something holy.
Many people in and out of showbiz live their lives in different ways. I try to be the best I can be.