I'm not massively fond of right-wing nutters or war criminals.
I think the danger with using the term 'trilogy' is that it sets up particular expectations in the reader's mind.
For me, the distant future and far-off galaxies is where it's at. That's where my imagination can really come out to play.
I always like Iain Banks science fiction stuff and William Gibson's cyberpunk stuff from the 1980s.
My mother was a part of a reading group, but they would never come near science fiction because they think it's not for them.
Science fiction can be very relevant, could be good literature.
I'm not actually that bothered about the 'science fiction-ness' of 'Doctor Who.'
I don't think the computer will win the Booker, but no-one ever expected a computer to beat a chess grandmaster.
I've always had ideas for more books than I can write.
When I'm working on one book, part of my imagination is thinking ahead to the next one.
I've always loved far future SF, so it was more or less a given that I would one day want to write in that form.
I was really impressed by '2312.'
If you do a certain amount of work every day, it will eventually become a novel.
I don't like a lot of what's published as hard SF. Much of it is right-wing, reactionary crap.
When I was writing 'House Of Suns,' there were a few writers I had in mind as role models, the main being Gene Wolfe.
I couldn't think of anything more pointless than reading a piece of fiction written by a robot.
As a science fiction writer, it's hard to think of a more stirring theme than the origin and ultimate destiny of life in the universe.
I've always been attracted to Pertwee's portrayal of the Doctor as dashing man-of-science, charming, sceptical, and rational.
It's a novel experience to have one of my books read by a reading group.
Dreams of warp drives and hyperspace are just that - dreams.
I prioritise story over science, but not at the expense of being really stupid about it.
To be remembered at all is an achievement of sorts.
I'm not a morning person I can't function until I've had a coffee - or several.