Part of the appeal of the fantastic is taking ridiculous ideas very seriously and pretending they're not absurd.

The manager of my line told me, You never put anything down except to be read. Every word ever written is written to be read and if some go unread that's only chance, failure, they're like grubs that die without changing.

The manager of my line told me, You never put anything down except to be read. Every word ever written is written to be read and if some go unread that‘s only chance, failure, they‘re like grubs that die without changing.

He said, You'll write it not because there's no possibility it'll be found but because it costs too much to not write it.

In every book I write, I try to name-check the most prominent influences, or the most prominent conscious influences.

I like the idea of trying to write a book in every genre.

Every book I write, the first thing I have to do is get into the voice, and the voice varies from book to book - that's part of what's interesting to me.

The best way to write a novel is to do it behind your own back.