“Keep writing. Try to do a little bit every day, even if the result looks like crap.”

That means there’s also more bad SF available. Whether there is also more good is a matter for future historians of the field.

Getting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn’t difficult at all.

It’s a life of sacrifice. There are rewards, but also a certain degree of sterility.

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

Even as children, human beings fabricate elaborate revenge fantasies.

Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn’t done too badly.

We’re not a particular species. Check out popular video games.

I see the Jedi mission as giving up a normal life in exchange for protecting the innocent.

Some of it is carefully structured and well-thought-out. That’s where the real danger lies.

I play basketball and try to go diving at least once a year. I don’t really have hobbies in the traditional sense.

I’ve been writing full-time since 1978.

When readers start asking about character motivations instead of concentrating on the special effects, it means you’re connecting with them on a personal level.

All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer.

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.

I usually do one con a year as a GoH and try to make the World Fantasy Convention for business purposes.

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

Somebody said that I’m a bit like a sponge, grabbing things here and there, soaking stuff up. [As a director] you have to be, really.

You’re always looking to make it a bit fresh.

I lived in San Jose for a little bit, and one of my neighbors was Vietnamese and was teasing me.

Today it’s a little bit more complicated.

I think of myself of as a little bit of hack, and think like that, and I think of her [Mia Michaels] as an artist.

There’s a little bit of magic in every box!

I’ve never had a treehouse because I live in New York City.

Hold on guys! What the hell is this ugly bit of business?