I have never been a critic of science fiction as a whole.

I sell well now in Russia. I remember one signing in Russia some years ago where the bookstore had two strongmen to hold the crowds back.

It takes me a long time to get with a landscape. It took me 20 years before I wrote anything about Ibiza, and I haven't written about Oregon yet, although I've been there 20 years - possibly I'm almost due.

The British audience was very important to me. I have always looked away from American to non-American audiences and so this was important.

I don't finish every story, but I probably write and send out three out of five of them.

A novel is often a longer process in handling self-doubt.

But science perhaps is very difficult without faith. Also there is no simple way of saying now we have science, we don't need faith anymore.