Science fiction is the great opportunity to speculate on what could happen. It does give me, as a futurist, scenarios.

Science fiction fans are great, but they just aren't the same as groupies.

Do you ever wonder if--well, if there are people living on the third planet?'
'The third planet is incapable of supporting life,' stated the husband patiently. 'Our scientists have said there's far too much oxygen in their atmosphere.

Sometimes people talk about conflict between humans and machines, and you can see that in a lot of science fiction. But the machines we're creating are not some invasion from Mars. We create these tools to expand our own reach.

For me the purest and truest art in the world is science fiction.

I have great faith in the future of books - no matter what form they may take - and of science fiction.