The programmers have another saying: 'The question of whether a machine can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim.'

My favourite movie is: "Dr Strangelove". (I haven't seen any films released in the past 2-5 years, I'm afraid: I don't do TV/cinema).

The chip that functions abnormally will be desoldered, as they say.

Any civilization where the main symbol of religious veneration is a tool of execution is a bad place to have children.

I write exclusively using computers. Pens and typewriters can fsck right off - I wrote my first half million words in my teens on a manual typewriter (had to trade it for a new one due to keys snapping from metal fatigue) so I am not a pen or typewriter fetishist.

In general, a little controversy isn't harmful: if anything, it gets people interested.

The Magician's Land is a triumphant climax to the best fantasy trilogy of the decade.