“Fiction writers can’t be trusted. They make things up.”
“Never trust anything a fiction writer says about himself.”
“I added 'writers' to my list of people not to trust. They make everything up.”
“Writers end up writing about their obsessions. Things that haunt them; things they can’t forget; stories they carry in their bodies waiting to be released.”
“I've always loved science fiction. I think the smartest writers are science fiction writers dealing with major things.” – Associated Press interview, 12-7-11”
“It was the first time I realized that your mind can’t always be trusted. If it can’t make sense of what you’re seeing, it will come up with an alternative scenario for you.”