Look at the scope of writers who sell stuff. I'm at the very top of the power curve in terms of sales.
I write reviews of science books for the Boston Globe, so I like to give science books.
In science, read by preference the newest works. In literature, read the oldest. The classics are always modern.
Adventure upon all the tickets in the lottery, and you lose for certain; and the greater the number of your tickets the nearer your approach to this certainty.
But the imposition of morality onto science, - where it does not belong - has become rampant in recent years.
There are relatively few science fiction or fantasy books with the main character being an old person.
Nothing is less important than which fork you use. Etiquette is the science of living. It embraces everything. It is ethics. It is honor.
Pure science - this vision of the universe as 15 billion light years across - I am bedazzled and awed by it.
A lot of what the 'Culture' is about is a reaction to all the science fiction I was reading in my very early teens.
Psychology more than any other science has had its pseudo-scientific no less than its scientific period.
Science fiction and comedy are generally a pretty bumpy mix.
I never really saw myself as writing science fiction anyway.
I really like science because it seems to be that place where you get the big picture, everything connects.
I have a better internal and intuitive understanding of folklore and myth than science and technology, so in that way fantasy is easier.
As society diversifies, the number of people who read literature is decreasing. It will be difficult for readers to digest my ideas through literature.
Besides entertainment and action, I want to educate. You know, as a producer or director, we do have a responsibility to society.
You don't have to go very far away from Scandinavia to realize what an idyllic society it is.
I've got a soft spot for Theatr Colwyn because my granddad used to run the Colwyn amateur dramatic society in the 1930s.
I think the enemy is self-censorship. In a free society the biggest danger is that you're afraid to the point where you censor yourself.
To explore technology for me is something that I have to do. Otherwise, I feel completely left in the back... abandoned.
There's nothing wrong with technology. It's when technology is the story and not the artist, that's the problem.
