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.

I like the idea of trying to write a book in every genre.

I think science fiction is very bad at prediction.

My job is not to try to give readers what they want but to try to make readers want what I give.

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

I couldn't tell if I was perspicacious or paranoid.

My Google-fu is strong.