“I get a lot of moral guidance from reading novels, so I guess I expect my novels…” — Ursula K. Le Guin

I don't write tracts, I write novels. I'm not a preacher, I'm a fiction writer.

I do try to separate my personal activism - showing up at a demonstration or something - from what I write.

I don't teach writing classes anymore, and I'm really glad I don't, because I would feel very strange about telling people, 'Go out there and be a writer, and make a living from it.'

Great artists make the roads; good teachers and good companions can point them out. But there ain't no free rides, baby.