The advance of human knowledge has become — at long last — a vividly enjoyable spectator sport! And a growing movement toward amateur science shows there is room for participants at every level. Orbit interview (2002)
We already live a very long time for mammals, getting three times as many heartbeats as a mouse or elephant. It never seems enough though, does it? Orbit interview (2002)
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. Orbit interview (2002)