I Couldn't Tell If I Was Perspicacious

The Weaver Is A Really Godlike Power. It's Not Even A Blind Idiot God, A Sort Of Lovecraft Thing, It's Just A Purely Capricious God. It's An Intelligence You Can't Understand, So You Can't Trust It." -amazon.com Interview

The Reason That I Like Sf And Fantasy And Horror Is That To Me It's The Pulp Wing Of Surrealism. That's The Aesthetic Of Undermining And Creative Alienation That I Really Go For.

I'd Never Understood The Injunction Not To Regret Anything, Couldn't See How That Wasn't Cowardice.

No One Ever Got Into Science Fiction For The Sex Or Prestige. They Got Into It Because They Love It.

My Parents Were Hippies, And The Story Is That They Went Through A Dictionary Looking For A Beautiful Word To Name Me. They Nearly Called Me Banyan, But Flipped A Few Pages On And Reached "china," Thankfully. The Other Reason They Liked It Is That "china" Is Cockney Rhyming Slang For "mate." People Say "my Old China," Meaning "my Old Mate," Because "china Plate" Rhymes With "mate.