"I got into reading a lot of noir and a lot of thrillers as well, and I really admired the plotting about those and the way that they can surprise you. And obviously to surprise people and to have twists in the tale, you have to plan quite carefully."

"I think the further away you get from completing a book, the more responses you see to it from readers, the more your own tastes and opinions shift and the more you start to see things you could have written differently in the detail, or done differently on the broader scale of plot and character."

"'The Blade Itself' was my first book. Probably I should've tried a few short stories first, but for some reason I decided to begin with Everest."

"I span the entire geek spectrum."

"When the shriveled skin of the ordinary is stuffed out with meaning, it satisfies the senses amazingly."

"A quiet mind is capable of understanding that the legacy we leave is written in the hearts of others."

"If you really want something you just hang with it. We think our future's ahead and not behind."

"In fact, Moon came on tour with us for a bit just before a big festival in Brighton, I think."