We are all vainer of our luck than of our merits.

A writer looks at an issue and asks, 'What if this were to occur? Or what if that was thrown into the mix? What would that look like?

Just as every challenge helps us in evolving

You have to remember, William. It may make the difference between freedom and half a lifetime in prison.

I have the power of my height. Growing up, it was a total drawback. There was nothing good about it at all.

The family was an art ... and the dinner table was the place it found expression.

Instead of the international police action we had hoped for during the war in Kosovo, there are wars again - conducted with state-of-the-art technology, but still in the old style

I find that in the science fiction world, you have almost more women fans than male fans and I think it's because there's been such a shortage of strong female characters.

There is a wealth of knowledge to be understood from others' work, don't get me wrong, and when I do stumble upon others' work, it's not lost on me.

Expand the leadership.

The southern wind Doth play the trumpet to his purposes; And, by his hollow whistling in the leaves, Foretells a tempest and a blustering day.