Blood is not destiny.

Sex and hypocrisy. They go together like coffee and cream.

I like fast plots with things that explode.

For me as a kid, reading cyberpunk was like seeing the world for the first time. Gibson's Neuromancer wasn't just stylistically stunning; it felt like the template for a future that we were actively building. I remember reading Sterling's Islands in the Net and suddenly understanding the disruptive potential of technology once it got out into the street. Cyberpunk felt urgent. It wasn't the future 15 minutes out - it was the future sideswiping you and leaving you in a full-body cast as it passed by.

When I read, I'm either reading to learn, or I'm reading to switch off.

The problem with surviving was that you ended up with the ghosts of everyone you’d ever left behind riding on your shoulders.

Most of the news about the state of the environment is pretty ugly. This is frightening for me personally, but actually motivational for me artistically.