Ken Liu

Labels like 'Chinese Science Fiction' or 'Western Science Fiction' summarize a vast field of work, all of which are diverse and driven by individual authors, with individual concerns.

Short fiction encourages experimentation, and it's fun to play with form and try experiments that may or may not work out.

I write speculative fiction, and in my view, speculative fiction is really just a very intense version of the work of literature in general.

If I end up having a novel that sells really well and that allows me to pay for health insurance and mortgage without having to work at a day job, that would be great.

Because my writing time has always been very limited, I try to be very choosy about which stories I work on. There are many ideas that would make interesting stories - too many - so it's important to be ruthless and say no to most of them.

Trying to predict the future is a loser's game.

The evolution of technology is, like the evolution of literature, heavily path-dependent. Culture plays a far more important role in the acceptance, adoption, and spread of technology than many of us are willing to acknowledge.

The evolution of art is not only driven by artists, but by a conversation between the artists and the audience.