“You have to have something worth saying and then the ability to say it...” — Iain Banks Quote

“You have to have something worth saying and then the ability to say it- writing's a double skill, really.”

“'Dead Air' is full of rants; it's a rant-based book. Yes, it's self-indulgence. I plead guilty; mea culpa.”

“Even in my side of the world, I've been in publishing for what, 25 or 26 years, and it's gone from being a gentlemen's club to being a few big players, and it's very corporatised.”

“When they double him, Luka's going to always make the right play.”

“It's possible that we could change a human gene and double our life span. I don't know if that's true, but we can't rule that out.”

“It's double standards when you're young women. When we started out it was almost like, 'This is your lane, stay in your lane. You're the faces and the name.' We're not. We're the brand.”