If you are going to write, nothing will stop you, and if you are not going to write, nothing will make you.

When you start, the world of publishing seems like a great cathedral citadel of talent, resisting attempts to let you inside. It isn't like that at all. It may be more difficult now, and take longer than when I started to write, but there's a great, empty warehouse out there looking for simple talent.

My attitude is that if anybody of any age wants to read a book, let them, but I do think that no child would want to read Boneland.

I learnt that I must never finish a book with nothing else to do.

I loathe crowds. I especially dont like cities. A city involves biomass. And biomass gets to me.

Hitting the gym to release stress is not nearly as effective as hitting the people that cause the stress to begin with.

I love research so much that I do an enormous amount; it helps put off the moment of starting to write the story.