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Now, Venus is an extremely hostile environment, and as such presents a lot of challenges for a science fiction author who wants to create life there. However, as I began to research it more thoroughly, I found myself intrigued by the possibilities the world offers.

I think it would be a good thing in the creative community if there was less embarrassment of this word 'commercial' because that's how you make a business.

I was never writing for commercial success. It's nice that it has come, but it is not important.

Oh, well, I'd like to have commercial success. I guess.

I warn you against believing that advertising is a science.

Well, that's the secret of commerciality, a simple style and you stick with it.

I write literary, not commercial, fiction - or so I've been told by my publishers who are proud I write literary fiction but secretly wish I wrote commercial.

Advertisements may be evaluated scientifically; they cannot be created scientifically.

People want to make a distinction between what's commercial and what's art.

It's inappropriate and vulgar and absolutely unacceptable to use your private life to sell anything commercially.