Resist the temptation to try to use dazzling style to conceal weakness of substance.

It's most presumptuous to believe we already know all the answers and will never get any more big surprises.

Don't mistake a good setup for a satisfying conclusion - many beginning writers end their stories when the real story is just ready to begin.

Blaming society makes it awfully easy for a person of weak character to shrug off his own responsibility for his actions.

Ideally, I'd like every issue to include a diverse group of stories that meet the qualifications sketched above, but covering a wide range of specific matter and flavour.

It's easy to imagine ways the future can be ugly and depressing. It's harder, but more worthwhile, to imagine plausible ways we can make it better.

As for sticking strictly to presently known science, I will simply point out that we have already experienced at least two major revolutions in science in this century alone.

There may be something to the suggestion about the pace of technological change intimidating writers, though - it's been awfully hard to keep ahead of real developments.

I think the rising and falling popularity of areas like hard SF and far-future SF is, to a considerable extent, the same as any other fashion.

And, of course, some SF is set close enough to here and now that Anglo and European do apply. Since many of the writers come from those backgrounds, so does much of the fiction.

This means I must pay close attention to the writing, but equally so to the scientific background - which sometimes means doing fairly involved calculations.

The grave casts long shadows, Iron Lord, " Mirri said. "Long and dark, and in the end no light can hold them back.

Mystic grimoirs, walking corpses... I'm so far out of my wheelhouse that I might as well be on the moon.

I can't work on something if I don't believe in it. I love music, and I am inspired to work harder and spend more energy. I feel lucky that I was born with this passion.

We have become accustomed to living our life with joy amidst pain and challenges.

One cannot cross an abyss in two jumps.

I have been singing for as long as I could talk.

The great thing about Florida is you - each city's about two hours' drive from everywhere else.

There's something extremely fragile about musicians, and that's their strength.

I think the penalties are grossly unfair. I think it's borderline shameful.

I always say to myself right before a tough set in the gym, Ain't nothin' to it, but to do it.