When I was a teenager, I got into SF, quite heavily, and that too has had a major impact on my writing.

Traders figured out that the odds of the hurricane having a major impact are quite low.

The major trend is a cleaning-up. It's not quite the minimalism of the '90s. It's more refined. We've had season after season of all this embellishment, the ruffled gypsy skirts, the colors. It's nice to see a woman in a white shirt. I think it's as sexy as anything.

I think feminism has had a major impact on anthropology.

Science fiction is very well suited to asking philosophical questions; questions about the nature of reality, what it means to be human, how do we know the things that we think we know.

If you want to have a more pleasant,cooperative teenager, be a more understanding, emphatic, consistent, loving parent.