I like to get paid for doing basic research, so it's pleasant to write some nonfiction about it.

I haven't had that good a time in ages. Since September 11, really. I just felt so happy, it was like the sun came out of the clouds for me. I love Italy.

I noticed that people are doing a lot of 'googling' before a first date nowadays - this represents the real trend. Poindexter's doing this and DARPA allowed hi…

I don't think there's much distinction between surveillance and media in general. Better media means better surveillance. Cams are everywhere.

I regard criticism as an art, and if in this country and in this age it is practiced with honesty, it is no more remunerative than the work of an avant-garde f…

I have a backlog of novels which I would love to be working on and would be working on if I were not obliged to hold down a full time job.

A good many young writers make the mistake of enclosing a stamped, self-addressed envelope, big enough for the manuscript to come back in. This is too much of …