I know what’s wrong with me; and knowing your own flaws is the beginning of wisdom.

What science fiction does is take what might be possible someday and examine what might happen if it were - the drawbacks and the positive things.

When I was a boy in Salem, Mass., in the 1950s, if you wanted to buy a book, you had to take a train to Boston. And when you got there, to a bookstore, there was no such thing as a science-fiction section.

I've probably read more bad science fiction than anyone else alive. But I've also read more good science fiction than anyone else alive.

When I first started editing a 'Year's Best' volume in the '70s, the job was pretty straightforward - there were three or four monthly magazines to read and a few original anthologies from trade publishers every year.

Even after all these years, finding a really first-rate story is still a thrill, one I want to share with others.