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I haven't been very active in politics.

Predicting has a spotty record in science fiction. I've had some failures. On the other hand, I also predicted the fall of the Berlin Wall and the rise of fundamentalist Islam... and I'm not happy to be right in all of those cases.

I've learned that the best political reporters never make predictions!

You have to believe that it's through politics that societies can lead social and economic and political change.

I stopped predicting the future a long time ago.

I never got good at predicting what millions of people will suddenly decide is rational.

If you learn one thing from having lived through decades of changing views, it is that all predictions are necessarily false.

I was always interested in social change but never actually did anything about it.

I don't think you can work on feelings in politics, apart from anything else, political change can come very unexpectedly, sometimes overnight when you least expect it.

I am neither a sociologist nor a politician. All I can do is imagine for myself what the future will be like.