On social media:
My sense of what constitutes community and engagement, and my desire for it, are barely fulfilled by social media.
So I write letters — on email. And am grateful for it. I can keep up a
connection with people I won’t ever see again, or haven’t even met, and
the connection is real and satisfying.
On changes in genre fiction:
The “genres” of science fiction and fantasy have become a whole lot more
diverse than they were 10 years ago. And about time too!
The other changes are higher literary standards in the genres, and above
all the understanding by readers, reviewers, critics, and academics
that imaginative fiction is literature…
Ignorant prejudice is tough to uproot, but you can do it if you stick with the job.
On politics:
If I had no hope, I‘d be dead.
On writing:
The way a carpenter thinks about the join he is making, or a potter
thinks about the pot she is throwing. It isn’t exactly thinking at all.
It’s being in what you’re doing.
