Damien is a friend. Their boy-girl Lego doesn't click, he would say.

To present a whole world that doesn’t exist and make it seem real, we have to more or less pretend we’re polymaths. That’s just the act of all good writing.

Three in the morning. Making yourself a cup of coffee in the dark, using a flashlight when you pour the boiling water.

The future is not Google-able.

I don't begin a novel with a shopping list - the novel becomes my shopping list as I write it.

Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make sure that you are not, in fact, just surrounded by assholes.

I'm not a very intentional writer. I try to be as unintentional as possible. What I basically try to do is invite the zeitgeist in to tea.