It is life's only true opponent. Only fear can defeat life.

I think art comes from some sense of discomfort with the world, some sense of not quite fitting with it.

The idea of a flip book still really appeals to me. That idea of fiction and non-fiction.

Progress is unstoppable. It is a drumbeat to which we must all march. Technology helps and good ideas spread – these are two lows of nature. If you don’t let technology help you, if you resist good ideas, you condemn yourself to dinosaurhood! I am utterly convinced of this.

The tennis challenger starts strong but soon loses confidence in his playing. The champion racks up the games. But in the final set, when the challenger has nothing left to lose, he becomes relaxed again, insouciant, daring. Suddenly he's playing like the devil and the champion must work hard to get those last points.

When your own life is threatened, your sense of empathy is blunted by a terrible, selfish hunger for survival.

Any writer will be happy and good only if they know what they're doing and why they're doing it.