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When you get into this business you have to grow up quickly. But I wouldn't say I've lost any of my childhood, I've always been a mature child. My Mom says I've been like that since I was little kid. I make time for my friends and I make time for things that other kids do. This is a business and I knew what I was getting into. I make time for being a kid, but I also know when to put on my business hat and go for the business.
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My mom's a psychologist, and I think that has influenced me on a personal level. Plus, I'm just generally interested in visualization and humanity, social activity and technology, and what happens in aggregate.
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My mom was on welfare and the occasional food stamp, but I have never participated in any of those governmental programs, even the ones that kind of work like education, scholarships and whatever, and I managed to do just fine.
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Science fiction is never about the future, in the same way history is rarely about the past: they're both parable formats for examining or commenting on the present.
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I very rarely read any fiction. I love biographies; I read about all kinds of people. I love theology and some philosophy.
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I cannot live or write without music. It stimulates the normally dormant parts of my brain that come in handy when constructing fiction.
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There is nothing to be learned from history anymore. We're in science fiction now.
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Science fiction seldom attempts to predict the future. More often than not, it tries to prevent the future.
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He who controls the spice controls the universe.
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I'm a huge science fiction fan, and I'm a huge fan of J. Michael Straczynski.
