Dan Simmons

But I think, and hope, that the novels can be understood and enjoyed as science fiction, on their own terms.

I knew that I wanted to be a writer even before I knew exactly what being a writer entailed.

Writing, I'm convinced, should be a subversive activity - frowned on by the authorities - and not one cooed over and praised beyond common sense by some teacher.

There is no such thing as defeat in non-violence.

We define ourselves as intelligent. That's odd, because we're doing the definition - We're creating our own definition and saying, 'We are intelligent!'

You probably found 'How to Survive a Robot Uprising' in the humor section. Let's just hope that is where it belongs.