My Goal For Technology Has Always Been

I Don't Mind Arguing With Myself. It's When I Lose That It Bothers Me.

The Midwest Is Such A Tabula Rasa.

I Would Say The Flip Side To My Fascination With Systems Is A Fascination With Components. So Many Of My Books Are Dialogues Between Little And Big.

This Idea That A Book Can Either Be About Character And Feeling, Or About Politics And Idea, Is Just A False Binary. Ideas Are An Expression Of The Feelings And The Intense Emotions We Hold About The World.

In 25 Years Of Writing Novels, I've Never Had Anything That Felt Like Writer's Block.