We are, after all, homo economicus.

Steampunk is nothing more than what happens when Goths discover brown.

Personal pride is probably a bad guide to merit.

If I wanted to be in movies, I'd have gone into scriptwriting: the fact that I write novels should be a big hint about what I prefer to do!

Most established novelists are writing books informed by experiences gained in their youth. Middle age is not the best time to be changing smartphones every six months or adopting new technology platforms - because we tend to get slower and less accommodating to change as we age.

Back before the internet we had a name for people who bought a single copy of our books and lent them to all their friends without charging: we called them "librarians".

I write almost entlirely on Macs, because: Windows gives me hives.