The future is not as loud as war, but it is relentless. It has a terrible fury all its own.

People don't want novelty - they want the reassurance of familiarity. No-one wants to be challenged, no-one wants to have their minds blown. There is an insatiable appetite for affirmation.

She would disappear folded like origami into her own dreams

It's hard to get justice in the real world. It's possible in fiction.

Memory is curated. All this paraphernalia you collect to ward off forgetting

Shakespeare would have it wrong these days. It's not the world that's the stage - it's social media, where you're trying to put on a show. The rest of your life is rehearsals, prepping in the wings to be fabulous online.

There are only so many plots in the world. It's how they unfold that makes them interesting.