I like a great degree of compression. I like to mix lateral steps with forward ones. I don't want the prose ever to feel simply functional - at least not for any stretch. — Michael Helm Copy Share Image
I seem always to have two or three novels going at once. It takes me a long time to finish one. — Michael Helm Copy Share Image
The novel's not the best form for disposing ideas, though that's one thing it can do. It likely is the best form, though, for… — Michael Helm Copy Share Image
We can't write a serious novel in the 21st century without acknowledging the inescapable self-awareness we're stuck with. The idea we're surrounded by falsehoods… — Michael Helm Copy Share Image
Many of the concepts we once thought belonged to speculation or science fiction are now part of our understood reality. — Michael Helm Copy Share Image
I just write what I want to read, and sometimes keeping it interesting means adding one more element that ends up adding another year… — Michael Helm Copy Share Image
We're getting used to reality and fantasy passing into each other. Much of the border between them has been erased. — Michael Helm Copy Share Image
Paranoia can be a sign of a sanity in some circumstances, in some places and times. — Michael Helm Copy Share Image
Trauma, and certain important experiences, can imprint on us at a genetic level. — Michael Helm Copy Share Image
