I love writing and can't imagine not being able to do it. I want an easy life and if it had been difficult I wouldn't be doing it. I do admire writers who do it even though it costs them.

I think we need politicians; we need people who want to serve.

Dead Air' is full of rants; it's a rant-based book. Yes, it's self-indulgence. I plead guilty; mea culpa.

It was the day my grandmother exploded.

I'm a devoted husband. That must strike you as totally deviant.

Even galaxy-spanning anarchist utopias of stupefying full-spectrum civilisational power have turf wars within their unacknowledged militaries.

I'm an only child so am happy with my own company and I don't really get lonely.