A lot of geeks are pale, bespectacled, wear dark clothing and don't get out much - the stereotype exists because it is very often true. I could pass for a non-geek but it would be inaccurate.

A trap is only a trap if you don't know about it. If you know about it, it's a challenge.

I'm a very friendly socialist.

I remember vividly what it's like to read as a 10-year-old - that passionate inhabiting of a book.

Part of the appeal of the fantastic is taking ridiculous ideas very seriously and pretending they're not absurd.

I love it when people want to interpret my books.

Subby Subby Subby," whispered Goss. "Keep those little bells on your slippers as quiet as you can. Sparklehorse and Starpink have managed to creep out of Apple Palace past all the monkeyfish, but if we're silent as tiny goblins we can surprise them and then all frolic off together in the Meadow of Happy Kites.