Freedom Is Just Chaos, With Better Lighting.

It Is Always Hard When Reality Intrudes On Belief.

Growing Up, I Never Gave A Thought To Being A Writer. All I Ever Wanted To Be Was A Traveler And Explorer. Science-fiction Allowed Me To Go Places That Were Otherwise Inaccessible, Which Is Why I Started Reading It.

Keep Writing. Try To Do A Little Bit Every Day, Even If The Result Looks Like Crap. Getting From Page Four To Page Five Is More Important Than Spending Three Weeks Getting Page Four Perfect.

In One Book, Cachalot, Just For My Own Amusement, Every Character Is Based Directly On Someone I Have Known.

Where Lies The Line Between Sorcery And Science? It Is Only A Matter Of Terminology, My Friend.