Don't try to write to the trend of the moment.

The thing all writers do best is find ways to avoid writing.

Where lies the line between sorcery and science? It is only a matter of terminology, my friend.

Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.

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.

It is always hard when reality intrudes on belief.

Spontaneity is one of the joys of existence, especially if you prepare for it in advance.

In one book, CACHALOT, just for my own amusement, every character is based directly on someone I have known.

How much research I have to do depends on the nature of the story. For fantasy, none at all.

Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers. Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn't done too badly.

If you're crazy, there's two things you can do to make yourself feel better: One is to get yourself cured. The other is to make everyone you have to deal with crazy.

Be the character you want to be described as!(In a good way, of course!)

I'm trying to think overall. Some of our stories [Black Mirror], I think you're right in that they don't tend to have a message.

I don't worry about long-term history. I won't be around to read it.

I just like being a regular person.

We need to accept that some people are camp and some people are butch. Some people are pretty and some people are average, but we all fit.

I'm not prepared to sacrifice my being engaged in the world for just any relationship.

What makes me say "wow" is usually something I haven't encountered, in a new way... something I haven't encountered before or something I have encountered that I see in a new way.

You can't put a price tag on preparation for a pandemic.

We're in a religious war and we need to aggressively oppose secular humanism; these people are as religiously motivated as we are and they are filled with the devil.

I'm not suspicious of success, I'm suspicious of the people who want to attach themselves because of your success.