I grew up on second hand bookshops and libraries.

Fiction is about human beings, first and foremost. (It's not impossible to write fiction with no human protagonists, but it's very hard to keep the reader interested ...)

I have time to write 1-2 novels per year, and get roughly novel-sized ideas every month. I have to perform triage on my own writing impulses.

I don't do flash fiction.

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

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

I've reached an age at which I'd rather pay more for something that "just works" than roll up my sleeves, reach for a spanner, and make it work. Time is money, and the older we get the less of it we've got left.