"Science fiction, to me, has not only things that wouldn't happen, but other planets."

"If I pick up a book with spaceships on the cover, I want spaceships. If I see one with dragons, I want there to be dragons inside the book. Proper labeling. Ethical labeling. I don't want to open up my cornflakes and find that they're full of pebbles... You need to respect the reader enough not to call it something it isn't."

"Time is compressed like the fist I close on my knee... I hold inside it the clues and solutions and the power for what I must do now."

"I don't think the relationship between novels and realities are one to one. Of course novels play different roles. It's essentially just a long narrative form. What you use that long narrative form for can be very different."

"The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson."

"I have found that being honest is the best technique I can use. Right up front, tell people what you're trying to accomplish and what you're willing to sacrifice to accomplish it."

"Large companies cannot finance political parties as their shareholders and employees have different political views."

"I'm not a judgmental person, so I can't comment on someone else's background."