I'm A Pessimist If I'm Not Careful,

...i Realized That I Knew Less About Loneliness Than I Had Thought - And Much Less Than I Would Know When He Went Away.

In Order To Rise From Its Own Ashes A Phoenix First Must Burn.

If You Want A Thing--truly Want It, Want It So Badly That You Need It As You Need Air To Breathe, Then Unless You Die, You Will Have It. Why Not? It Has You. There Is No Escape. What A Cruel And Terrible Thing Escape Would Be If Escape Were Possible

Most Of What I Do Is Science Fiction. Some Of The Things I Do Are Fantasy. I Don't Like The Labels, They're Marketing Tools, And I Certainly Don't Worry About Them When I'm Writing. They Are Also Inhibiting Factors; You Wind Up Not Getting Read By Certain People, Or Not Getting Sold To Certain People Because They Think They Know What You Write. You Say Science Fiction And Everybody Thinks Star Wars Or Star Trek.

Humans Said One Thing With Their Bodies And Another With Their Mouths And Everyone Had To Spend Time And Energy Figuring Out What They Really Meant. And Once You Did Understand Them, The Humans Got Angry And Acted As Though You Had Stolen Thoughts From Their Minds.