Everything important in sci-fi showed up in the magazines first. It's the proving ground for new writers and new ideas.
Now that I look back, I realize that a life predicated on being obedient and taking orders is a very comfortable life indeed. Living in such a way reduces to a minimum one's need to think.
I like directing. It takes a lot out of you, but I'd like to do it again - I just have to find a story I want to tell.

