Patience Is Fine, But I'm Not Going

When I Begin A Book, I Inevitably Discover Many Things Along The Way, About The Characters, Their Past Histories And The Political Intrigues That Surround Them. This Discovery Process Is Vital, And I Would Not Prejudice It By Deciding Too Much In Advance

The Worst Mistake Of First Contact, Made Throughout History By Individuals On Both Sides Of Every New Encounter, Has Been The Unfortunate Habit Of Making Assumptions. It Often Proved Fatal.

Change Is The Principal Feature Of Our Age And Literature Should Explore How People Deal With It. The Best Science Fiction Does That, Head-on.

In Historical Fact, All Of History's Despots, Combined, Never Managed To Get Things Done As Well As This Rambunctious, Self-critical Civilization Of Free And Sovereign Citizens, Who Have Finally Broken Free Of Worshipping A Ruling Class And Begun Thinking For Themselves. Democracy Can Seem Frustrating And Messy At Times, But It Delivers.

Petals Floating By, Drift Through My Woman's Hand, As She Remembers Me.