If popular culture has taught us anything, it is that someday mankind must face and destroy the growing robot menace.

It is not enough to live together in peace, with one race on its knees.

I absolutely don't think a sentient artificial intelligence is going to wage war against the human species.

Memories fade but words hang around forever.

Zombies, vampires, Frankenstein's monster, robots, Wolfman - all of this stuff was really popular in the '50s. Robots are the only one of those make-believe monsters that have become real. They are really in our lives in a meaningful way. That's pretty fascinating to me.

Personally, I'm not afraid of a robot uprising. The benefits far outweigh the threats.

I wrote a query letter to an editor - a friend of a friend. The editor called me an idiot, told me never to contact an editor directly, and then recommended three literary agents he had worked with before. Laurie Fox was one of them, and I've never looked back.