Everything Starts As Somebody's Daydream.

But... Watching Steven Barnes Taught Me To Treat My Life Like An Art Form.

There Had Been A Popular Joke On Freedom, Started By A Man Named Calder. Looking Down From Space, He Had Said, The Dominant Life Forms On Earth Were Obviously The Cereals And Other Grasses. They Occupied All The Most Desirable And Fertile Land; And They Had Tamed Insects And Animals To Care For Them. In Particular, They Had Domesticated The Bipeds To Nurture And Cultivate Them And To Save And Plant Their Seed. Now, Watching The Farmers, Alex Could Easily Imagine That They Were Worshiping And Genuflecting Before Their Masters.

The Human Species Really Could Have Faced Global Thermonuclear War. During Seventy Years Of Cold War We Grew Used To It.

If One Must Explain A Magic Trick, One Should Do So After The Show Is Over.

Love Was A Delicious Blend Of Warm And Cold. There Was Comfort In Making Love. It Solved No Problems: But One Could Run Away From Problems.