People have less privacy and are crammed together in cities, but in the wide open spaces they secretly keep tabs on each other a lot more.

The possibility of bringing white-collar criminals to justice is ever receding over the horizon.

Most people don't have the money to spend on advertising to create awareness among readers, nor do they have the contacts at newspapers or magazines to get their books reviewed.

I'm a grandmother, and a mighty proud one.

When you're dealing with a bunch of different producers, you gotta make sure the chemistry fits.

Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.

The most profound change that genetics brings about might not be scientific at all. It might be mental and even spiritual enrichment: a more expansive sense of who we humans are, existentially, and where we came from, and how we fit with other life on earth.

I love science fiction. There are ways in which this community kept me and my partner alive through some very, very bad years, and I will always acknowledge that.