I found that I could write two kinds of short stories: I could write very absurd, kind of surrealistic, funny stories; or I could write very dark, realistic - hyper-realistic - stories. I was never happy with that, because I couldn't meld the two.
“Technology determines the possibilities of society. It doesn't matter whether you start out from a fascist state or a communist state or a free-market state.”
“Wealth, in even the most improbable cases, manages to convey the aspect of intelligence.”